New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DUST DISEASES TRIBUNAL ACT 1989 - SECT 21

21 Person issued with a subpoena may be apprehended

(1) If a person served with a subpoena issued under section 20 (1) to attend before, or to produce a document to, the Tribunal fails to comply with the subpoena, the Tribunal may, on proof of the service of the subpoena, issue to such person as the Tribunal appoints a warrant for the apprehension of that person.

(2) A warrant issued under this section authorises--

(a) the apprehension of the person to whom the warrant relates, and

(b) the bringing of that person before the Tribunal, and

(c) the detention of that person in custody until he or she is released by order of the Tribunal or the Supreme Court.

(3) The apprehension of a person under this section does not relieve the person from any liability incurred as a result of non-compliance with a subpoena to attend before, or to produce a document or thing to, the Tribunal.