267Power of inspector to require information or documents

267 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 254(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) A person must not refuse or fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1).

(3) 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.