Western Australian Current Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 257

257 .         Failing to give evidence as required

                A person appearing before the Registrar or an arbitrator commits an offence if the person —

            (a)         refuses to swear an oath or make an affirmation or statutory declaration when required by the Registrar or an arbitrator to do so; or

            (b)         when required by the Registrar or an arbitrator to give evidence that the person is competent and compellable to give, does not do so.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Section 257 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130; amended: No. 31 of 2011 s. 64.]