sec.218Further information may be required

### sec.218 Further information may be required This section applies if the chief executive considers further information is required in relation to the notification to ensure the accuracy, completeness or integrity of the collection. The chief executive may give the designated person a notice requiring the designated person to give the further information stated in the notice to the chief executive within the reasonable time stated in the notice. The notice must warn the person that failure to comply with the notice is an offence under this Act. A person given a notice under subsection (2) must comply with the notice. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A person who gives information requested under this section who would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information given under an Act, oath, rule of law or practice— does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving the information; and is not liable to disciplinary action for giving the information. See for example the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 142 . Also, merely because the person gives the information, the person can not be held to have— breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or departed from accepted standards of professional conduct. s 218 amd 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1 pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47 ) (sec.218-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive considers further information is required in relation to the notification to ensure the accuracy, completeness or integrity of the collection. (sec.218-ssec.2) The chief executive may give the designated person a notice requiring the designated person to give the further information stated in the notice to the chief executive within the reasonable time stated in the notice. (sec.218-ssec.3) The notice must warn the person that failure to comply with the notice is an offence under this Act. (sec.218-ssec.4) A person given a notice under subsection (2) must comply with the notice. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.218-ssec.5) A person who gives information requested under this section who would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information given under an Act, oath, rule of law or practice— does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving the information; and is not liable to disciplinary action for giving the information. See for example the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 142 . (sec.218-ssec.6) Also, merely because the person gives the information, the person can not be held to have— breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or departed from accepted standards of professional conduct. - (a) does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving the information; and - (b) is not liable to disciplinary action for giving the information. - (a) breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or - (b) departed from accepted standards of professional conduct.