Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) a coroner is investigating a death; and
(b) the coroner reasonably believes a person may be able to give the coroner information that is relevant to the investigation.
(2) The coroner may require the person to give the coroner information that is relevant to the investigation.
(3) The requirement may be made orally or in writing.
(4) When making the requirement, the coroner must warn the person it is an offence to fail to give the information unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(5) The person must give the information, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--30 penalty units.
(6) It is, for example, a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to give the information if giving the information would tend to incriminate the person.