sec.185Refusal to produce document or thing

### sec.185 Refusal to produce document or thing A person required to produce a document or thing at a commission hearing under an attendance notice or immediate production requirement (hearing) must— if the document or thing is in the person’s possession, bring the document or thing to the hearing, regardless of whether the person has a reasonable excuse for paragraph (b) ; and produce the document or thing at the hearing unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. If a claim of reasonable excuse is made, the claim is dealt with under chapter 4A . An offence against subsection (1) is a misdemeanour. It is not a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) that complying with the notice or requirement might tend to incriminate the person. If a claim of self-incrimination privilege is made, the claim is dealt with under chapter 4A . s 185 amd 2006 No. 41 s 12 ; 2013 No. 45 s 21 ; 2013 No. 64 s 33 ; 2016 No. 62 s 46 sub 2024 No. 41 s 25 (sec.185-ssec.1) A person required to produce a document or thing at a commission hearing under an attendance notice or immediate production requirement (hearing) must— if the document or thing is in the person’s possession, bring the document or thing to the hearing, regardless of whether the person has a reasonable excuse for paragraph (b) ; and produce the document or thing at the hearing unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. If a claim of reasonable excuse is made, the claim is dealt with under chapter 4A . (sec.185-ssec.2) An offence against subsection (1) is a misdemeanour. (sec.185-ssec.3) It is not a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) that complying with the notice or requirement might tend to incriminate the person. If a claim of self-incrimination privilege is made, the claim is dealt with under chapter 4A . - (a) if the document or thing is in the person’s possession, bring the document or thing to the hearing, regardless of whether the person has a reasonable excuse for paragraph (b) ; and - (b) produce the document or thing at the hearing unless the person has a reasonable excuse.