12Offences

12 Offences

12 Offences

(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse—

(a) refuse or fail to comply with a notice served under section 10, or

(b) refuse or fail to answer a question asked by the Chairperson at a meeting or hearing before the Market Monitor for the purposes of a special review.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1), it is a reasonable excuse that compliance with the notice or answering the question might tend to incriminate an individual or make the individual liable to a forfeiture or penalty.

(3) A person must not—

(a) give the Market Monitor, whether orally or in writing, information the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, unless the person informs the Market Monitor that the information is false or misleading, or

(b) at a meeting of or hearing before the Market Monitor, give evidence that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(4) A person must not hinder, obstruct or interfere with the Chairperson or another member of the Market Monitor conducting or involved in a special review.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.