Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Board may, for
the purposes of proceedings before the Board —
(a) by
summons signed on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board require the
attendance of a person before the Board; or
(b) by
summons signed on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board require the
production before the Board of any relevant books, papers or documents; or
(c)
inspect any books, papers or documents produced before it and retain them for
such reasonable period as it thinks fit and make copies of any of them or any
of their contents; or
(d)
require any person to make an oath or affirmation to answer truly all
questions put by a member of the Board, or by a person appearing before the
Board, relating to a matter before the Board; or
(e)
require any person appearing before the Board to answer any relevant questions
put by a member of the Board or by a person appearing before the Board.
(2) A person commits
an offence if he or she —
(a) has
been served with a summons to appear before the Board and fails, without
reasonable excuse, to attend in obedience to the summons; or
(b) has
been served with a summons to produce books, papers or documents and fails,
without reasonable excuse, to comply with the summons; or
(c)
misbehaves before the Board, wilfully insults the Board or any member of the
Board, or interrupts the proceedings of the Board; or
(d)
refuses to be sworn or to affirm, or to answer any relevant question when
required to do so by the Board.
Penalty: $10 000.