Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person required, under an attendance notice, to attend before the tribunal must not fail, without reasonable excuse to--
(a) attend as required by the attendance notice; or
(b) continue to attend as required by the tribunal until excused from further attendance.
Maximum penalty--80 penalty units.
(2) A person appearing as a witness before the tribunal must take an oath when required by the tribunal.
Maximum penalty--80 penalty units.
(3) Also, a person appearing as a witness before the tribunal must not fail, without reasonable excuse--
(a) to answer a question the person is required to answer by the tribunal; or
(b) to produce a document or thing the person is required to produce under an attendance notice.
Maximum penalty--80 penalty units.
(4) It is a reasonable excuse to refuse to answer a question or produce a document or thing on the ground that the answer or production of the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person.
(5) Despite subsection (1), the tribunal may at any time excuse a person for failing to attend at the time and place notified.