Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) A person commits an offence if the person prevents or dissuades another person from:
(a) giving information to a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission; or
(b) producing a document or thing to a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission; or
(c) answering questions asked by a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person causes another person to be victimised, penalised or prejudiced in some way for:
(a) giving information to a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission; or
(b) producing a document or thing to a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission; or
(c) answering questions asked by a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) or (2), it is not necessary to prove that the other person:
(a) gave any information to a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission; or
(b) produced any document or thing to a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission; or
(c) answered any questions asked by a COI member or a COI assistant of a Commission.