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Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999
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#### 61B Power to obtain information
61B Power to obtain information
> > (1) If an authorised officer enters land for the purpose of exercising functions under this Act, the authorised officer may require the owner or manager of the land to provide such relevant information as the officer requires.
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> > (2) The Secretary may, by notice in writing served on the owner or manager of land, require the owner or manager to give to an authorised officer, in accordance with the notice, any relevant information.
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> > (3) In this section, relevant information means information or documents relating to matters that are reasonably connected with the administration of this Act or required for the purposes of determining whether this Act or the Code is being complied with, but does not include information or documents of a commercially sensitive nature.
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> > (4) A person is not excused from giving relevant information under this section on the ground that the information may tend to incriminate the person.
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> > (5) Any relevant information obtained from a natural person under this section is not admissible against the person in criminal proceedings other than proceedings for an offence under section 61C.
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> **s 61B:** Ins 2010 No 90, Sch 1 \[28\]. Am 2019 No 1, Sch 1.13 \[4\].