7Information and documents may be required

7 Information and documents may be required

7 Information and documents may be required

(1) If an authorised officer has reason to believe that an individual is acting as a hairdresser but is not qualified to do so, the authorised officer may serve on that individual a notice requiring the individual to do either or both of the following for the purpose of determining whether the individual is in fact qualified—

(a) to produce specified documents for inspection or copying at any place nominated in the notice,

(b) to provide the information specified in the notice.

(2) An individual who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice served on the individual under this section within the time specified in the notice is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) In this section—

authorised officer means an investigator appointed under section 18 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 or an officer of a Government Department who is authorised by the Minister for the purposes of this section.

s 7: Am 2019 No 14, Sch 1.9.