187Information and documents

187 Information and documents

(1)  In this section –

regulatory body means the following:

(a) the Commissioner;

(b) Tasracing.

(2)  The Commissioner may require any person to provide specified information or produce specified documents that the Commissioner believes are necessary to enable the Commissioner to perform the Commissioner’s functions under this Act.

(3)  Tasracing may require any person to provide specified information or produce specified documents that it believes are necessary to enable it to perform its functions –

(a) under section 59(2) ; or

(b) such other section of this Act as may be prescribed.

(4)  For the avoidance of doubt, a regulatory body may exercise a power under this section in respect of a person, regardless of whether –

(a) the person is in Tasmania or elsewhere; or

(b) compliance with a requirement under this section requires information, or documents, that are in Tasmania or elsewhere.

(5)  A requirement under this section is to be –

(a) in writing; and

(b) served on the relevant person.

(6)  A person, without reasonable excuse, must not fail to provide any information or produce any document required under subsection (2) or (3) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(7)  A regulatory body may take and retain possession, or take copies, of any document produced under subsection (2) or (3) .

(8)  A person complying with a requirement of a regulatory body under this section cannot, by virtue of complying with that requirement –