sec.30Compliance with investigation requirement

### sec.30 Compliance with investigation requirement A person who receives an investigation requirement must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. An excuse is a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) if— within the time for compliance with the investigation requirement, the person gives the ombudsman a notice of the excuse in enough detail to allow the ombudsman to form an opinion on whether the excuse is reasonable; and the ombudsman advises the person that, in the ombudsman’s opinion, the excuse is reasonable. Subsection (2) does not limit what is a reasonable excuse. It is not a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) that complying with the investigation requirement might tend to incriminate the person. See section 48 for the restrictions on the admissibility in a proceeding of information given, or derived from information given, under subsection (1) . s 30 amd 2017 No. 17 s 175 (sec.30-ssec.1) A person who receives an investigation requirement must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.30-ssec.2) An excuse is a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) if— within the time for compliance with the investigation requirement, the person gives the ombudsman a notice of the excuse in enough detail to allow the ombudsman to form an opinion on whether the excuse is reasonable; and the ombudsman advises the person that, in the ombudsman’s opinion, the excuse is reasonable. (sec.30-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit what is a reasonable excuse. (sec.30-ssec.4) It is not a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) that complying with the investigation requirement might tend to incriminate the person. See section 48 for the restrictions on the admissibility in a proceeding of information given, or derived from information given, under subsection (1) . - (a) within the time for compliance with the investigation requirement, the person gives the ombudsman a notice of the excuse in enough detail to allow the ombudsman to form an opinion on whether the excuse is reasonable; and - (b) the ombudsman advises the person that, in the ombudsman’s opinion, the excuse is reasonable.