Queensland Consolidated Acts

CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 2010 - SECT 207

207 Witnesses at hearings

(1) The investigator may require a person, by giving them a written notice, to attend a hearing as a witness in order to—

(a) give evidence; or

(b) produce specified documents.

(2) The person must—

(a) attend at the time and place specified in the notice; and

(b) continue to attend until excused by the investigator; and

(c) take an oath or make an affirmation if required by the investigator; and

(d) answer a question that the person is required to answer by the investigator, unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and

(e) produce a document that the person is required to produce by the investigator, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—35 penalty units.

(3) A person has a reasonable excuse for failing to answer a question or produce a document if answering the question or producing the document might tend to incriminate the person.

(4) A person who attends as a witness is entitled to—

(a) the witness fees that are prescribed under a regulation; or

(b) if no witness fees are prescribed, the reasonable witness fees decided by the investigator.