18Offences

#### 18 Offences 18 Offences > > (1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse— > > > > > (a) refuse or fail to comply with a notice served under this Division, or > > > > > (b) refuse or fail to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Chairperson at any meeting of or hearing before the Board under this Division. > > > (2) It is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subclause (1) that to comply with the notice or to answer the question might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to any forfeiture or penalty. > > > (3) A person must not— > > > > > (a) give to the Board, whether orally or in writing, information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular (unless the person informs the Board of that fact), or > > > > > (b) at a meeting of or hearing before the Board, give evidence that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular. > > > (4) A person must not hinder, obstruct or interfere with the Chairperson or any other member of the Board in the exercise of functions for the purposes of this Division as Chairperson or other member. > > > (5) A person must not take any action that detrimentally affects the employment of another person, or threaten to do so, because that other person has assisted the Board in any investigation. > > > (6) Subclauses (1), (3), (4) and (5) are specified for the purposes of section 173 (3) of the Act (which makes a contravention of any of those subclauses an offence). > > > (7) Subclause (1) does not apply to a complainant in relation to a notice served on the complainant under clause 16.