sec.149VPower to require production of certain documents

sec.149V Power to require production of certain documents

An authorised fire officer may require a person to make available for inspection by an authorised fire officer, or produce to the authorised fire officer for inspection, at a reasonable time and place stated by the authorised fire officer— a document issued to the person under this Act or required to be kept by the person under this Act; or a document about the person’s obligations under this Act for fire safety, including about the maintenance of fire safety installations in a building or the fire safety systems for a building. The person must comply with a requirement under subsection (1) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. If the person is an individual, it is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with the requirement under subsection (1) if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person. The authorised fire officer may keep the document to copy it. If the authorised fire officer copies the document, or an entry in the document, the authorised fire officer may require the person responsible for keeping the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry. The person responsible for keeping the document must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. The authorised fire officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after copying it. s 149V (prev s 58C) ins 2006 No. 49 s 12 amd 2008 No. 13 s 18 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 37 (2) (sec.149V-ssec.1) An authorised fire officer may require a person to make available for inspection by an authorised fire officer, or produce to the authorised fire officer for inspection, at a reasonable time and place stated by the authorised fire officer— a document issued to the person under this Act or required to be kept by the person under this Act; or a document about the person’s obligations under this Act for fire safety, including about the maintenance of fire safety installations in a building or the fire safety systems for a building. (sec.149V-ssec.2) The person must comply with a requirement under subsection (1) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sec.149V-ssec.3) If the person is an individual, it is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with the requirement under subsection (1) if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person. (sec.149V-ssec.4) The authorised fire officer may keep the document to copy it. (sec.149V-ssec.5) If the authorised fire officer copies the document, or an entry in the document, the authorised fire officer may require the person responsible for keeping the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry. (sec.149V-ssec.6) The person responsible for keeping the document must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.149V-ssec.7) The authorised fire officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after copying it.