79Failure to attend or produce documents

79 Failure to attend or produce documents (1) A person served with a summons to attend an inquiry shall not refuse or fail, without reasonable excuse: (a) to attend the inquiry; or (b) subject to subsection (2), to produce at the inquiry the books or other documents in the person's custody or control that the person is required by the summons to produce.

Agents Licensing Act 1979 59 (2) It is a defence to a charge in respect of a refusal or failure, without reasonable excuse, to produce at an inquiry a book or other document if the accused proves that the book or other document was not relevant to the subject-matter of the inquiry.