Part 7 — Education Professions and Occupations Division 1 Responsibilities
225.997 Compellable witnesses
committee, at the request of the Commissioner, teacher or teacher
leader, may issue a notice requiring the teacher or teacher leader or
any other individual who, in the opinion of the chair, may have
knowledge of the matter
(a) to appear as a witness be fore the hearing committee, or
(b) to produce any records or documents to the hearing
committee.
(2) At least 15 days before the date of the hearing, the chair of the
hearing committee shall serve a notice issued under subsection (1)
on the individual who is the subject of the notice.
(3) If the teacher or teacher leader has been convicted of an
indictable offence, no person shall require the attendance as a
witness at a hearing before the hearing committee of any individual
who attended as a witness at the court that convicted the teacher or
teacher leader of the indictable offence.
(4) A witness may be examined under oath on anything relevant to
the hearing before a hearing committee and shall not be excused
from answering any question on the ground that the answer might
(a) incriminate the witness,
(b) subject the witness to a pen alty under an enactment, or
(c) establish the witness's liability
(i) to a civil proceeding at th e instance of the Crown or of
any other person, or
(ii) to prosecution under any enactment,
but if the answer so given tends to incriminate the witness, subject
the witness to a penalty or establish the witness's liability, it shall
not be used or received against the witness in any civil proceedings
or in any proceedings under any enactment, except in a prosecution
for or proceedings in respect of perjury or the giving of
contradictory evidence.
2022 c7 s12