The Commissioner for Children and Young People (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

Evidence in formal investigations

20.—(1) For the purposes of a formal investigation the Commissioner may require any person who in his opinion is able to supply information or produce documents relevant to the investigation to supply any such information or produce any such documents.

(2) For the purposes of such an investigation the Commissioner shall have the same powers as the High Court in respect of—

(a) the attendance and examination of witnesses, including the administration of oaths or affirmations and the examination of witnesses abroad; and

(b) the production of documents.

(3) A person shall not be compelled for the purposes of a formal investigation to give any evidence or produce any document which he could not be compelled to give or produce in civil proceedings in the High Court.

(4) Where any information required to be supplied under this Article consists of, or includes, information held by means of a computer or in any other form, the Commissioner may require any person having charge of, or otherwise connected with the operation of, the computer or other device holding that information to make the information available, or produce the information, in legible form.