63Power to require information

63 Power to require information

(1) An inspector may, by notice in writing given or sent by post to a person, require the person to give to the inspector, within such a period as specified in the notice, such information in relation to matters relevant to the operation of this Act as is specified in the notice, including information verified by statutory declaration. (2) A person shall not refuse or fail to provide information that is required to be provided under subsection (1).

Penalty:

(a) in the case of a natural person—imprisonment for 12 months or 20 penalty units, or both; or
(b) in the case of a body corporate—100 penalty units.

(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2A). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.

(3) A person is not excused from providing information that the person is required under subsection (1) to provide on the ground that the information might tend to incriminate the person, but any information so provided, and any information or thing (including any document) obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of the provision of the information, is not admissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings other than proceedings for an offence against subsection (2) or against Division 137 of the Criminal Code in its application to that information or thing.