Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who receives an investigation requirement must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.
(2) An excuse is a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) if--
(a) within the time for compliance with the investigation requirement, the person gives the ombudsman a notice of the excuse in enough detail to allow the ombudsman to form an opinion on whether the excuse is reasonable; and
(b) the ombudsman advises the person that, in the ombudsman's opinion, the excuse is reasonable.
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit what is a reasonable excuse.