52Offences relating to administration of Act

52 Offences relating to administration of Act

(1) A person shall not hinder, obstruct, molest or interfere with: (a) a Commissioner participating in an inquiry; or (b) a person acting on behalf of the Commission for the purposes of an inquiry.

Penalty: $3,000.

(2) A person who: (a) refuses to employ another person; (b) dismisses, or threatens to dismiss, another person from the other person’s employment; (c) prejudices, or threatens to prejudice, another person in the other person’s employment; or (d) intimidates or coerces, imposes any pecuniary or other penalty upon, or takes any other disciplinary action in relation to, another person; because the other person: (e) has given, or proposes to give, any information or documents to the Commission or to a person acting on behalf of the Commission; or (f) has given or proposes to give evidence before the Commission or to a person acting on behalf of the Commission; is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.