Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts20. Section 32 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:
“32. (1) For the purpose of an inquiry, the Chairperson of the Professional Conduct Board may, in writing, summon a person to appear at a specified time and place before the Board—
(a) to produce the documents referred to in the summons; or
(b) at the inquiry—
(i) to give evidence; or
(ii) to give evidence and produce the documents referred to in the summons.
“(2) A person shall be taken to have complied with a summons of the kind referred to in paragraph (1) (a) if the person delivers the documents referred to in the summons to the Board before the time specified in the summons.
“(3) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a summons under subsection (1).
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.”.