Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) This section
applies to a Commission to which section 18 applies.
(2) In this
section —
authorised person has the meaning given to that
term in section 18(11).
(3) A person who,
without reasonable excuse —
(a)
prevents or attempts to prevent an authorised person from exercising a power
conferred by or under section 18;
(b)
hinders or obstructs an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred
by or under section 18;
(c)
fails to comply with a direction or request of an authorised person under
section 18(2)(b) or (4)(d); or
(d)
fails to comply with a condition imposed on the person under
section 18(6)(b),
is in contempt of the
Commission.
(4) Despite
section 31(2), a person is not excused from producing documents, books,
writings or things under section 18(4)(d) on the ground that their
production might incriminate or tend to incriminate the person or render the
person liable to a penalty.
(5) A person who
furnishes to an authorised person acting under a warrant issued under
section 18 information that is false in a material particular is in
contempt of the Commission.
[Section 15 inserted by No. 30 of 2006
s. 8.]