sec.252ALOffences for witness

sec.252AL Offences for witness

A person given a notice under section 252AK (1) must not fail, without a reasonable excuse, to comply with the notice. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. A person appearing as a witness at a hearing of a panel review application must not— fail to take an oath or affirmation when required by the panel; or fail, without a reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the panel. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to refuse to answer a question, or produce a document or other thing, if the answer, or the production of the document or thing, might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. s 252AL ins 2022 No. 24 s 24 (sec.252AL-ssec.1) A person given a notice under section 252AK (1) must not fail, without a reasonable excuse, to comply with the notice. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.252AL-ssec.2) A person appearing as a witness at a hearing of a panel review application must not— fail to take an oath or affirmation when required by the panel; or fail, without a reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the panel. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.252AL-ssec.3) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to refuse to answer a question, or produce a document or other thing, if the answer, or the production of the document or thing, might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.

• (a) fail to take an oath or affirmation when required by the panel; or
• (b) fail, without a reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the panel.