Catchwords:

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – challenge to validity of s 7C(2) of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth) (the Act) – whether s 7C(2) confers upon the Board of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission a power that is inconsistent with nature of executive power under the Constitution and s 75(v) of the Constitution – whether Ch III court can enforce legislated limits of power under s 7C(2) – whether s 7C(2) lacks rule-like content necessary to constitute a law – HELD: s 7C(2) of the Act is valid.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – validity of summons made under the Act to appear at examination – whether summons complied with requirement in s 28(3) of the Act to set out, so far as is reasonably practicable, the general nature of the matters in relation to which the person is to be questioned – HELD: the summons is valid.