sec.653Attendance notice

### sec.653 Attendance notice The committee may, on application of a party to a hearing or on its own initiative, by written notice given to a person (an attendance notice ), require the person to attend the hearing at a stated time and place to give evidence or to produce stated documents or things. A person given an attendance notice must not fail, without reasonable excuse— to attend as required by the notice; or to continue to attend as required by the committee until excused from further attendance. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. Also at a hearing, a person appearing as a witness must not— fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the committee; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the committee; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to produce a document or thing the person is required to produce by an attendance notice. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to answer a question or produce a document or other thing, if answering the question or producing the document or other thing might tend to incriminate the individual. s 653 amd 2009 No. 24 s 1542 (sec.653-ssec.1) The committee may, on application of a party to a hearing or on its own initiative, by written notice given to a person (an attendance notice ), require the person to attend the hearing at a stated time and place to give evidence or to produce stated documents or things. (sec.653-ssec.2) A person given an attendance notice must not fail, without reasonable excuse— to attend as required by the notice; or to continue to attend as required by the committee until excused from further attendance. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.653-ssec.3) Also at a hearing, a person appearing as a witness must not— fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the committee; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the committee; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to produce a document or thing the person is required to produce by an attendance notice. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.653-ssec.4) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to answer a question or produce a document or other thing, if answering the question or producing the document or other thing might tend to incriminate the individual. - (a) to attend as required by the notice; or - (b) to continue to attend as required by the committee until excused from further attendance. - (a) fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the committee; or - (b) fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the committee; or - (c) fail, without reasonable excuse, to produce a document or thing the person is required to produce by an attendance notice.