Construction Industry Long Service Leave Act 1987

For the purposes of investigating any prescribed matter the Board may, by notice in writing, require any person—

to furnish to the Board, within the time specified in the notice, such information as may be required by the Board; or

to produce to the Board, within the time specified in the notice, such books, documents or records as may be required by the Board;

to attend for the purpose of giving evidence before the Board at a time and place specified in the notice.

The Board may—

require that information furnished to it in writing be verified by statutory declaration; and

require that a person attending before it give evidence and, if it thinks fit, give that evidence on oath or by affirmation.

The Board is authorised to administer an oath or to take an affirmation for the purposes of subsection (2).

If a person—

who has been served with a notice to furnish information to the

who has been served with a notice to attend before the Board fails without reasonable excuse to attend in compliance with the notice;

refuses to be sworn or to affirm, or to answer any relevant question when required to do so by the Board, the person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: $1 000.

A person is not obliged to answer a question under this section if the answer would tend to incriminate that person of an offence, or to produce a book, document or record if it or its contents would tend to incriminate that person of an offence.

In this section—

any matter relevant to ascertaining whether a person is liable to make a payment to the Board under this Act, and, if so, the extent of that liability; and

any other matter prescribed by the regulations.