INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNAL ACT 1992 - SECT 23
Offences
23 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 hearing held under this Division.
(2) It is a reasonable excuse for the
purposes of subsection (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 Tribunal,
whether orally or in writing, information that the person knows to be false or
misleading in a material particular (unless the person informs the Tribunal of
that fact), or
(b) at a hearing before the Tribunal, 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 Tribunal in the exercise of functions 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 Tribunal in any investigation.
: Maximum penalty--100
penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
