23ASurveyor-General may require information

23A Surveyor-General may require information

[Section 23A Inserted by No. 23 of 2014, s. 18, Applied:09 Dec 2014]

(1)  The Surveyor-General may require a person who is in a position to provide information relevant to an investigation under section 23 to answer questions or provide any record or other information relevant to that investigation.

(2)  A person must not fail to answer questions or provide any information or record when required to do so.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 40 penalty units.

(3)  A person must not, in answering a question or providing any information or record under this section –

(a) make a statement knowing it to be false or misleading; or

(b) omit any matter from a statement knowing that without that matter the statement is false or misleading.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 40 penalty units.