Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 247

247 Person not to encourage refusal to answer questions

(1) A person must not encourage or influence, or attempt to encourage or influence, by general direction, promise of advantage, threat of dismissal or otherwise, a worker to refuse to answer questions put to the worker by an inspector, inspection officer, authorised officer or district workers’ representative.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) To remove any doubt, subsection (1) does not apply to the provision of legal advice to a worker by a lawyer.