Mental Health Act 2016
sec.760Offences by witnesses
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sec.760 Offences by witnesses
A person given an attendance notice must not, without reasonable excuse— fail to attend as required by the notice; or fail to continue to attend as required by the tribunal until excused from further attendance; or fail to produce a document or other thing the person is required to produce by the attendance notice. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. A person appearing as a witness at a hearing of a proceeding must not— fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the tribunal; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the tribunal. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to answer a question or to produce a document or other thing if answering the question or producing the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person. (sec.760-ssec.1) A person given an attendance notice must not, without reasonable excuse— fail to attend as required by the notice; or fail to continue to attend as required by the tribunal until excused from further attendance; or fail to produce a document or other thing the person is required to produce by the attendance notice. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.760-ssec.2) A person appearing as a witness at a hearing of a proceeding must not— fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the tribunal; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the tribunal. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.760-ssec.3) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to answer a question or to produce a document or other thing if answering the question or producing the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person.
- (a) fail to attend as required by the notice; or
- (b) fail to continue to attend as required by the tribunal until excused from further attendance; or
- (c) fail to produce a document or other thing the person is required to produce by the attendance notice.
- (a) fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the tribunal; or
- (b) fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the tribunal.