sec.228Power to require information or attendance

sec.228 Power to require information or attendance

This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes— an offence against this Act has been committed; and a person may be able to give information about the offence. This section also applies if an authorised person reasonably believes a person may be able to give information (the relevant information )— about a matter being investigated by the health ombudsman; or about a health practitioner’s compliance with immediate action taken against the practitioner under part 7 ; or that is information, or information of a kind, requested by the director of proceedings in a referral under section 103 (2) (b) . The authorised person may, by notice given to the person, require the person to— give the authorised person stated information related to the offence, or that is or relates to the relevant information, at a stated reasonable time and place; or attend before the authorised person at a stated reasonable time and place to answer questions, or produce documents, related to the offence or the relevant information. For information that is an electronic document, compliance with the requirement requires the giving of a clear image or written version of the electronic document. In this section— information includes a document. s 228 amd 2014 No. 65 s 18 ; 2015 No. 24 s 9 ; 2019 No. 38 s 56 (sec.228-ssec.1) This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes— an offence against this Act has been committed; and a person may be able to give information about the offence. (sec.228-ssec.2) This section also applies if an authorised person reasonably believes a person may be able to give information (the relevant information )— about a matter being investigated by the health ombudsman; or about a health practitioner’s compliance with immediate action taken against the practitioner under part 7 ; or that is information, or information of a kind, requested by the director of proceedings in a referral under section 103 (2) (b) . (sec.228-ssec.3) The authorised person may, by notice given to the person, require the person to— give the authorised person stated information related to the offence, or that is or relates to the relevant information, at a stated reasonable time and place; or attend before the authorised person at a stated reasonable time and place to answer questions, or produce documents, related to the offence or the relevant information. (sec.228-ssec.4) For information that is an electronic document, compliance with the requirement requires the giving of a clear image or written version of the electronic document. (sec.228-ssec.5) In this section— information includes a document.

• (a) an offence against this Act has been committed; and
• (b) a person may be able to give information about the offence.
• (a) about a matter being investigated by the health ombudsman; or