49Specified public bodies to produce information

49 Specified public bodies to produce information

(1) For the purpose of monitoring compliance with this Act or the regulations, an inspector may request that, within a time specified by the inspector, a specified public body do either or both of the following—

(a) answer, orally or in writing, any questions put by the inspector relating to a licensee's business of operating a rooming house;

(b) supply, orally or in writing, information required by the inspector relating to the business.

(2) An inspector may only make a request under subsection (1) with the written consent of the Director.

(3) A specified public body (other than the Chief Commissioner of Police) must comply with a request under subsection (1).

(4) The Chief Commissioner of Police may comply with a request under subsection (1), but is not obliged to do so.

(5) The Chief Commissioner of Police must provide a response in relation to a decision to comply or to not comply with a request under subsection (1).

(6) In this section—

public statutory authority means a body established by or under an Act for a public purpose;

specified public body means—

(a) a Department Head within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004; or

(b) a public statutory authority; or

(c) a Council; or

(d) the Chief Commissioner of Police.