25Failure of witnesses to attend and answer questions etc

25 Failure of witnesses to attend and answer questions etc

25 Failure of witnesses to attend and answer questions etc

(1) A person served with a summons to appear as a witness at a hearing before the Commission must not, without reasonable excuse—

(a) fail to attend as required by the summons, or

(b) fail to attend from day to day unless excused, or released from further attendance, by an executive officer.

(2) A person appearing as a witness at a hearing before the Commission must not, without reasonable excuse or except as provided by section 39 or 40—

(a) when required under section 24 either to take an oath or make an affirmation—refuse or fail to comply with the requirement, or

(b) refuse or fail to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the executive officer presiding at the hearing, or

(c) refuse or fail to produce a document or thing that the person was required to produce by a summons served on the person under this Act.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

s 25: Am 2013 No 47, Sch 2.9.