Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00797:clause:1_10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00797
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10
Character Range: 173523–175131

10  Offences relating to giving evidence or producing documents
 (1) A person who has been given a notice requiring the person to appear before the Committee commits an offence if the person:
 (a) fails to attend as required by the notice; or
 (b) having not been excused or released by the Committee, fails to attend and report from day to day; or
 (c) refuses or fails to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
 (d) refuses or fails to answer a question, not being a question about a matter in respect of which a certificate has been issued under clause 4, that the Committee requires the person to answer.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
 (2) Subclause (1) applies to a staff member who is nominated by an agency head under subclause 3(5) to appear before the Committee to give evidence.
 (3) Paragraph (1)(d) does not apply if the answer to the question would tend to incriminate the person.
 (4) A person who has been given a notice requiring the person to produce a document, not being a document in respect of which a certificate has been issued under clause 4, to the Committee commits an offence if the person refuses or fails to produce the document.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
 (5) Subclause (4) does not apply if the producing of the document would tend to incriminate the person.
 (6) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) gives evidence to the Committee; and
 (b) does so knowing that the evidence is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.