16Failure to comply with requirement

16 Failure to comply with requirement

(1)  A person who has been given notice under section 14 must not, without reasonable excuse –

(a) refuse or fail to comply with the notice; or

(b) when appearing at a hearing pursuant to the notice, refuse or fail –

(i) to take an oath or make an affirmation; or

(ii) to answer a question that is required by the person presiding at the hearing to be answered.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(2)  A person who has been given notice under section 14 requiring the person to appear at a hearing must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to attend from day to day unless excused, or released from further attendance, by the person presiding at the hearing.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3)  It is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection (1) for a person to refuse or fail to answer a question, give information or produce a document that the answer, information or production of the document might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to forfeiture or a penalty.