Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 760

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.