16Providing information to Secretary

16 Providing information to Secretary

(1)  The Secretary, in writing, may require an appointed justice to provide to the Secretary information relating to one or more of the following:

(a) the name, residential address and contact details of the justice;

(b) the date of birth of the justice;

(c) the extent to which the justice has been, or proposes to be, available to exercise the powers of a justice for the purpose of meeting the needs of the community where he or she works or resides;

(d) the carrying out of the justice's duties;

(e) any matter that the justice is required to report to the Secretary;

(f) any matter that may be a ground for suspension of the justice or removal of the justice from the office of Justice of the Peace;

(g) any other prescribed matter.

(2)  A requirement may be made –

(a) at any time but not more than once in every 5 years; or

(b) at any time, regardless of when the last requirement was made, if the Secretary reasonably believes that –

(i) the justice may have contravened a requirement of this Act or any other Act; or

(ii) there may be grounds for the suspension of the justice or the removal of the justice from the office of Justice of the Peace.

(3)  An appointed justice must comply with a requirement within a reasonable time.