Queensland Consolidated Acts

EXPLOSIVES ACT 1999 - SECT 74B

74B Warning to be given by board of inquiry

(1) Before requiring a person to answer a question or produce a document or thing under this division, the board of inquiry must—

(a) warn the person that failure to comply with the requirement without reasonable excuse constitutes an offence; and

(b) warn the person about the effect of section 74A .

(2) It is not an offence for an individual to refuse to answer a question put by the board or produce a document or thing to the board under this division on the ground the question, document or thing might tend to incriminate the individual, unless the individual was first given the warning mentioned in subsection (1) (b) .

(3) Nothing in this section prevents the board from obtaining and using evidence given to the board voluntarily by a person.