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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 760

Offences by witnesses

760 Offences by witnesses

(1) A person given an attendance notice must not, without reasonable excuse—
(a) fail to attend as required by the notice; or
(b) fail to continue to attend as required by the tribunal until excused from further attendance; or
(c) fail to produce a document or other thing the person is required to produce by the attendance notice.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) A person appearing as a witness at a hearing of a proceeding must not—
(a) fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the tribunal; or
(b) fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the tribunal.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(3) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to answer a question or to produce a document or other thing if answering the question or producing the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person.



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