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Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
54Power to obtain information and documents
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#### 54 Power to obtain information and documents
(1) Where the Commission has reason to believe that a person is capable of giving information or producing documents relevant to a matter dealt with in a report under subsection 53(1), the Commission may, at any time after receiving the report and before commencing an inquiry under section 55, by notice in writing served on that person, require that person at such place, and within such period or on such date and at such time, as are specified in the notice, to give to the Commission any such information or to produce to the Commission any such documents.
(2) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (1).
> Note: A person who breaches subsection (1) may be subject to a criminal prosecution (see Schedule 2).