Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
sec.122Offence for failing to give information and protection against self-incrimination
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sec.122 Offence for failing to give information and protection against self-incrimination
A person given a notice under section 120 must not fail, without a reasonable excuse, to give the PC&TC committee the information the person is required to give by the notice. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. For subsection (1) , it is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to give information, if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual. An individual is not required to produce to the PC&TC committee a document or thing, or answer a question asked by the committee, if producing the document or thing or answering the question might tend to incriminate the individual. s 122 amd 2016 No. 46 s 85 (sec.122-ssec.1) A person given a notice under section 120 must not fail, without a reasonable excuse, to give the PC&TC committee the information the person is required to give by the notice. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. (sec.122-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , it is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to give information, if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual. (sec.122-ssec.3) An individual is not required to produce to the PC&TC committee a document or thing, or answer a question asked by the committee, if producing the document or thing or answering the question might tend to incriminate the individual.