55Requiring person to give evidence or provide document

55 Requiring person to give evidence or provide document

(1)  In a complaint investigation, the Regulator may require a person, by written notice provided to the person, to do any one or more of the following:

(a) attend before the Regulator and answer questions which, in the opinion of the Regulator, are relevant to the investigation;

(b) provide to the Regulator, in the manner specified in the notice, any document specified in the notice which is in the person's possession or control and which, in the opinion of the Regulator, is relevant to the investigation;

(c) provide to the Regulator, in the manner specified in the notice, any other information specified in the notice which, in the opinion of the Regulator, is relevant to the investigation.

(2)  A person who attends before the Regulator under a requirement referred to in subsection (1)(a) may, at the Regulator's discretion, be paid by the Regulator reasonable allowances and expenses.

(3)  Despite subsection (1) , the Regulator may not require a person –

(a) to answer a question, or provide information, if to do so would require the person to divulge information contained in or relating to a Cabinet record; or

(b) to provide to the Regulator a Cabinet record.