140Power of inspector to require information or documents

140 Power of inspector to require information or documents

(1) An inspector who—

(a) exercises a power of entry under this Act; and

(b) produces his or her identity card for inspection by a person—

may, to the extent that is reasonably necessary to determine whether this Act has been contravened or whether there exists a risk of a kind referred to in section 126(1), require the person to give information to the inspector, to produce documents to the inspector and to give reasonable assistance to the inspector.

(2) An inspector must notify a person of the provisions of section 142 before requiring the person to give information to the inspector or to produce documents to the inspector.

(3) A person must not refuse or fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1).

(4) A person must not, in response to a request under this Division—

(a) give information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material detail; or

(b) produce a document that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material detail without indicating the respect in which it is false or misleading and, if practicable, providing correct information.