217Investigation notices about associated entities

217 Investigation notices about associated entities (a) the Commission reasonably believes a person can produce a document or anything else, or give evidence, about whether an entity is, or was at a particular time, an associated entity; and (b) the person is or has been the financial controller or an officer or employee of the entity. (2) The Commission may give the person a notice (an investigation notice) requiring the person to: (a) produce to the Commission, within the time and in the way stated in the notice, a document or something else stated in the notice; or (b) appear, at a time and place stated in the notice, before an officer to do the following: (i) give evidence orally or in writing; (ii) to produce a document or something else stated in the (3) The time stated in the investigation notice must not be earlier than 28 days after the day the person receives the notice. (4) If the investigation notice requires someone other than the financial controller of the associated entity to appear before an officer, the financial controller is entitled to: (b) nominate someone else to attend on the financial controller's (5) The Commission may conduct the investigation even though the person to whom the investigation notice was given contravenes the notice to attend. (6) On giving the investigation notice to the person, the Commission must also give the person an information notice for the decision to give the person the notice. (7) The person is taken not to have failed to comply with the investigation notice if the person appeals against the decision under section 229 and the appeal has not been decided. Electoral Act 2004 125 (8) The Commission may require the person to whom the investigation notice has been given to give evidence on oath. (9) This section is in addition to, and does not limit, section 216.