Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person ordered to attend before an authorised committee must not--
(a) fail to attend before the authorised committee as ordered; or
(b) fail to attend from time to time as required by the authorised committee's chairperson in the course of the committee's proceedings in relation to the matter on which the person was ordered to attend.
(2) The authorised committee may report the failure to the Assembly.
(3) The Assembly may order the person to attend before the authorised committee.
(4) The person mentioned in subsection (3) must not--
(a) fail to attend before the authorised committee as ordered by the Assembly; or
(b) fail to attend from time to time as required by the authorised committee's chairperson in the course of the committee's proceedings in relation to the matter on which the person was ordered to attend.
(5) A person may be excused for a failure to attend, or to attend from time to time, mentioned in subsections (1) and (4)--
(a) if ordered or required to attend by the authorised committee or the committee's chairperson--by the committee; or
(b) in any case--by the Assembly.