95Power to require answers

95 Power to require answers

95 Power to require answers

(1) An authorised officer may require a person to answer questions in relation to a relevant matter if the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has knowledge of the relevant matter.

(2) An authorised officer may, by written notice given to a corporation, require the corporation to nominate, within the time specified in the notice, one or more of the following, who has relevant knowledge about the corporation’s activities, as the corporation’s representative for the purposes of answering questions under this section—

(a) a director of the corporation,

(b) an officer of the corporation,

(c) a contractor.

(3) Answers given by a person nominated by the corporation bind the corporation.

(4) An authorised officer may, by written notice, require a person to attend at a specified place and time to answer questions if attendance at the place is reasonably required for the questions to be properly put and answered.

(5) The place and time at which a person may be required to attend under subsection (4) must be a place and time nominated by the authorised officer that is reasonable in the circumstances.

(6) In this section—

relevant matter means a matter in relation to which information is reasonably required for compliance purposes.