50Persons to provide assistance to Senior Practitioner

50 Persons to provide assistance to Senior Practitioner

(1)  The Senior Practitioner may require a disability services provider, or a member of the staff or management of a disability services provider, to provide the Senior Practitioner with any reasonable assistance that the Senior Practitioner may require to perform a function or exercise a power of the Senior Practitioner under this Act.

(2)  A disability services provider, or a member of the staff or management of a disability services provider, must –

(a) render assistance when reasonably required to do so under subsection (1) ; and

(b) give full and true answers to the best of the provider's, or member of staff or management’s, knowledge to any question asked by the Senior Practitioner in the performance or exercise of a function or power of the Senior Practitioner under this Act.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.