181Failing to attend as a witness

181 Failing to attend as a witness

181 Failing to attend as a witness

A person who is served, as prescribed by the Regulations, with a summons to appear as a witness at a dispute hearing before the relevant adjudicator for an access dispute must not, without reasonable excuse—

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

(b) fail to appear and report from day to day unless excused, or released from further attendance, by the relevant adjudicator.

Maximum penalty—$6 300.

Note—

See Schedule 2 clause 47B, which provides for criminal penalty amounts to be adjusted every 3 years to reflect movements in the consumer price index. The adjusted amounts are published on the AER’s website.

s 181: Subst 2022 No 21, sec 75.