Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person given a notice under section 69 must not--
(a) fail, without reasonable excuse, to attend as required by the notice; or
(b) fail, without reasonable excuse, to continue to attend as required by the chairperson of the board of inquiry until excused from further attendance.
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.
(2) A person appearing as a witness at the inquiry must not--
(a) fail to take an oath when required by the chairperson of the board; or
(b) fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by a member of the board; or
(c) fail, without reasonable excuse, to produce a document or thing the person is required to produce by a notice under section 69.
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.
(3) It is a reasonable excuse for subsection (2)(b) or (c) that answering the question or producing the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person.