17ADirector may obtain information and documents in relation to the Region

##### 17A Director may obtain information and documents in relation to the Region (1) The Director may, by notice in writing served either personally or by post on any person involved in or associated with uranium mining operations in the Region, require the person: (a) to furnish to him or her, by writing signed by that person, or, in the case of a body corporate, by a competent officer of the body corporate, within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, such information in the possession of the person as is specified in the notice; or (b) to furnish to him or her, within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, such documents in the possession of the person as are specified in the notice; being information that is, or documents that are, required for the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Director under this Act so far as those functions or powers relate to those operations. (2) A person shall not, in purported compliance with a notice served on him or her under subsection (1), knowingly furnish information that is false or misleading. Penalty: $1,000. (3) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to furnish information or a document that he or she is required to furnish under this section if the furnishing of the information, or the document, may tend to incriminate him or her.