34PPower to require persons to provide information etc.

##### 34P Power to require persons to provide information etc. (1) If an authorised officer is on or in premises because the occupier of the premises consented to the officer’s entry—the officer may direct the occupier to: (a) answer any questions put by the officer; and (b) produce any records or documents requested by the officer. (2) An authorised officer who is on or in any premises that he or she has entered under a warrant may require any person on or in the premises to: (a) answer any questions put by the officer; and (b) produce any records or documents requested by the officer. (3) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (2). Penalty: 30 penalty units. (4) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to provide information, to answer a question or to produce a document on the ground that to do so would tend to incriminate the person. > Note: Subsection 4B(2) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose an appropriate fine instead of, or in addition to, a term of imprisonment. If a body corporate is convicted of an offence, subsection 4B(3) of that Act allows a court to impose a fine of an amount that is not greater than 5 times the maximum fine that could be imposed by a court on an individual convicted of the same offence.