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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
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### 122 Commission may require information from persons
> > (1) The Commission may issue a notice requiring a person to attend before the Commission –
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> > > > (a) to answer questions; or
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> > > > (b) to produce any documents that are referred to in the notice –
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> > if the Commission considers that it is necessary or desirable to do so for the purposes of investigating whether this Act is being complied with.
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> > (2) The Commission may, by notice to a person, require the person to give to the Commission, within a period specified in the notice, any document or information specified in the notice that is relevant to the performance or exercise of any of the functions or powers of the Commission under this Act.
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> > (3) A person to whom a notice is given under this section must, within the period specified in the notice, comply with a requirement of the notice.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.
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> > (4) A person is not excused from answering a question or producing a document in proceedings, or pursuant to a notice given to the person under this section, on the ground that the answer or document might tend to incriminate the person.
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> > (5) If a person claims, before answering a question or producing a document, that the answer or document might tend to incriminate the person, the answer or document is not admissible in evidence in any criminal proceedings in relation to an offence alleged to have been committed by the person, other than in proceedings in respect of the falsity of the answer or the document.