Offence for failing to produce information or attend before inspector
2 Offence for failing to produce information or attend before inspector
A person required to give stated information to an inspector under clause 1(2)(a) must not fail, without reasonable excuse, to give the information as required by the notice.
Maximum penalty:
in the case of an individual—$5 000; or
in the case of a body corporate—$10 000.
A person given a notice to attend before an inspector must not fail, without reasonable excuse, to—
attend as required by the notice; and
continue to attend as required by the inspector until excused from further attendance; and
answer a question the person is required to answer by the inspector; and
produce a document the person is required to produce by the notice.
Maximum penalty:
in the case of an individual—$5 000; or
in the case of a body corporate—$10 000.
For the purposes of subclauses (1) and (2), it is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to give stated information, answer a question or to produce a document, if giving the information, answering the question or producing the document might tend to incriminate the individual.
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