20Notice to produce document or information

20 Notice to produce document or information

(1)  If the Regulator believes on reasonable grounds that a document or information is necessary to determine whether an entity is not complying, or is not reasonably likely to comply, with the standards or the universal principle, the Regulator may give a written notice to a worker of the entity, or to the entity itself, requiring the worker or entity to produce such a document or information.

(2)  A notice given under subsection (1) is to specify the following:

(a) the worker or entity to whom the notice is given;

(b) the document or information, or the category of document or information, that must be produced;

(c) the standards or the universal principle to which the document or information relates or in relation to which it is to be used;

(d) the date by which the document or information must be produced, being not less than 14 days after the day on which the notice is given to the worker or entity;

(e) any action that may be taken against the worker or entity under this Act for failing to comply with the notice;

(f) the maximum penalty under section 45 for failing to comply with the notice;

(g) the process that the worker or entity may use to seek an internal review of the decision to issue the notice;

(h) any other prescribed matter.

(3)  Despite subsection (2)(d) , the Regulator may, if satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist, specify a date by which the document or information must be produced that is less than 14 days after the day on which the notice is given.

(4)  The Regulator may, by further written notice given to a worker or entity, and at any time, vary or revoke a notice given to the worker or entity under subsection (1) to produce a document or information.