Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if, under the rules, a person is notified to attend as a witness at a tribunal hearing.
(2) The person must attend at the time and place notified.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units or 14 days imprisonment.
(3) If the person does not attend at the time and place notified, the tribunal may--
(a) issue a warrant directed to all police officers to bring the person at the time, and to the place, stated in the warrant to give evidence at the hearing; and
(b) adjourn the hearing to the time and place mentioned in paragraph (a) on terms as to costs the tribunal considers appropriate.
(4) A warrant issued under subsection (3) is sufficient authority for a police officer to execute it according to its terms.
(5) Despite subsection (2), the tribunal may at any time excuse a person for failing to attend at the time and place notified.