Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009 (70 of 2009)

Schedule 3   Australian Human Rights Commission

Part 2   Other amendments

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986

132   Subsection 23(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(2) A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person has been served with a notice under subsection 21(5); and

(b) the person:

(i) refuses or fails to comply with the notice; or

(ii) when attending before a member in compliance with the notice, refuses or fails to answer a question that is required by the member to be answered.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.