19Power of investigator to obtain information, records and evidence

19 Power of investigator to obtain information, records and evidence

19 Power of investigator to obtain information, records and evidence

(1) If an investigator believes on reasonable grounds that a person is capable of giving information, producing records or giving evidence in relation to a matter that constitutes, or may constitute, an offence against this Act or the regulations or that may assist in ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act or the regulations are being complied with or have been contravened, the investigator may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the person—

(a) to provide an investigator, in writing signed by the person (or, in the case of a corporation, by a competent officer of the corporation) and given to the investigator within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, with any such information, or

(b) to produce to an investigator, in accordance with the notice, any such records, or

(c) to appear before an investigator at a time and place specified in the notice and give any such evidence, either orally or in writing, and produce any such records.

(2) The powers conferred by this section may only be exercised to impose a requirement on the following persons—

(a) any person required to be registered under section 10,

(b) any person whom the investigator reasonably believes has been supplied with ethanol, biodiesel, petrol or diesel fuel by a person required to be registered under section 10,

(c) any person whom the investigator reasonably believes has supplied a person required to be registered under section 10 with ethanol, biodiesel, petrol or diesel fuel.

s 19 (previously s 15): Renumbered 2009 No 11, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2009 No 11, Sch 1 [15] [16]; 2012 No 92, Sch 1 [9] [10]; 2016 No 12, Sch 2 [32].