475   Power to summon witnesses and take evidence at hearings

(1A)  This section applies only to proceedings conducted by hearing.

(1)  The Pecuniary Interest Tribunal may summon a person to appear in proceedings before the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal, to give evidence and to produce such documents (if any) as are referred to in the summons.

(2)  The Pecuniary Interest Tribunal may require a person appearing in the proceedings to produce a document.

(3)  The Pecuniary Interest Tribunal may, in proceedings before it, take evidence on oath, and for that purpose the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal:

(a)  may require a person appearing in the proceedings to give evidence to take an oath in a form approved by the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal, and

(b)  may administer an oath to a person so appearing in the proceedings.

(4)  A person served with a summons to appear in any such proceedings and to give evidence must not, without reasonable excuse:

(a)  fail to attend as required by the summons, or

(b)  fail to attend from day to day unless excused, or released from further attendance, by the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal.

(5)  A person appearing in proceedings to give evidence must not, without reasonable excuse:

(a)  when required to be sworn—fail to comply with the requirement, or

(b)  fail to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal, or

(c)  fail to produce a document that the person is required to produce by this section.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.