Appointment of Commissioner for the commission to conduct an inquiry into the Australian Building Construction Employees’ and Builders Labourers’ Federation has been or is engaged in activities contrary to a law of the Commonwealth (Cth)

"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth:

TO John Spence Winneke Q.C.

GREETING:

WE DO by these Our Letters Patent issued in Our name by Our Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia on the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Royal Commissions Act 1902 and other enabling powers, appoint you to be, on and from 20 August 1981, a Commissioner to inquire, for the purpose of the exercise and performance of the powers and functions of the Parliament and Government of the Commonwealth, whether the Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation (hereinafter referred to as "the Federation") or any officer or member of the Federation, in the course of or in relation to the affairs of the Federation, has been or is engaged in activities contrary to a law of the Commonwealth.

AND, without restricting the scope of your inquiry, We direct you, for the purposes of your inquiry, to give particular attention to the following questions:

(a) whether any executive, administrative or other body forming part of, or established by, or associated with, the Federation has been used, or is being used, for the purposes of activities contrary to a law of the Commonwealth;

(b) whether the Federation or any of its officials or members have been or are engaged in demanding or receiving directly or indirectly any payment, reward or other benefit or in causing any payment, reward or other benefit or in causing any payment, reward or other benefit to be received by any other person (other than in the ordinary course of commercial dealing or pursuant to a contract of employment in respect of work actually performed or to be performed) from employers or other persons and, if any payment, reward or benefit has been made or given -