(1) The Court may, for the purposes of any proceedings before it under this Act, the Redundancy Payments Act 1967, the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act 1984 or Part 4 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, or any investigation under the Employment Equality Act 1998 or the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001, do all or any of the following things -

(a) summon witnesses to attend before it,

(b) take evidence on oath and, for that purpose, cause to be administered oaths to persons attending as witnesses before it,

(c) require any such witness to produce to the Court any document in his power or control.

(2) A witness before the Court shall be entitled to the same immunities and privileges as if he were a witness before the High Court.

(3) If any person -

(a) on being duly summoned as a witness before the Court makes default in attending, or