44 Power to call for witnesses and documents
Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c 47) | Legislation

44  Power to call for witnesses and documents

(1)     The Assembly may require any person—

(a)     to attend its proceedings for the purpose of giving evidence; or

(b)     to produce documents in his custody or under his control,

relating to any of the matters mentioned in subsection (2).

(2)     Those matters are—

(a)     transferred matters concerning Northern Ireland;

(b)     other matters in relation to which statutory functions are exercisable by Ministers or the Northern Ireland departments.

(3)     The power in subsection (1) is exercisable in relation to a person outside Northern Ireland only in connection with the discharge by him of functions relating to matters within subsection (2).

(4)     That power is not exercisable in relation to a person who is or has been a Minister of the Crown, or a person who is or has been in Crown employment within the meaning of Article 236 of

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