69Power to obtain evidence

69 Power to obtain evidence

69 Power to obtain evidence

(1) The Authority or any officer or servant of the Authority authorised in writing by it in that behalf may, by notice in writing, served on any person, whether a contributor or not, require that person:

(a) within such reasonable time as may be specified in the notice, to furnish to the Authority or other person making the requirement such information and to produce to the Authority or that other person such books, documents or other papers, in the person’s possession or control, as may be required for the purpose of the administration of this Act and as may be specified in the notice, whether generally or otherwise, or

(b) to attend at a time and place specified in the notice before a person appointed in writing by the Authority for the purpose and thereafter from time to time as required by that person and to give evidence concerning any declared land or assessment, and to produce all such books, documents or other papers in the person’s possession or under the person’s control as may be required for the purpose of the administration of this Act and as may be specified in the notice, whether generally or otherwise.

(2) A person appointed as referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), may, subject to section 13 of the Oaths Act 1900, require any such evidence to be given on oath, and either in writing or orally and for that purpose that person may administer an oath.

(3) A person shall not neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of a notice served on the person under this section.

(4) A person shall not:

(a) furnish any information referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) required of the person pursuant to a notice served on the person under that subsection that is false or misleading in a material particular, or

(b) give any evidence before a person appointed as referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection that is false or misleading in a material particular.

(5) A person shall not, after the person’s conviction for an offence arising under subsection (3) by reason of the person’s neglect or refusal to furnish any information referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), continue to neglect or refuse to furnish that information.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units and the amount of any contribution, payment of which the offender has evaded or attempted to evade.