24NAPower to question persons and require production of documents

24NA Power to question persons and require production of documents

24NA Power to question persons and require production of documents

(1) An inspector may require a person whom the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds to have knowledge of matters in respect of which information is reasonably required for the purposes of—

(a) exercising the powers of an inspector under this Division, or

(b) determining whether there has been a contravention of this Act or the regulations,

to answer questions or produce documents in relation to those matters.

(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made of the person under this section.

Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.

(3) A person must not furnish any information or do any other thing in purported compliance with a requirement made under this section knowing that it is false or misleading in a material respect.

Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.

s 24NA: Ins 2013 No 56, Sch 3.5 [3]. Am 2018 No 27, Sch 2 [7].