31BRequirement to provide information and records

31B Requirement to provide information and records

31B Requirement to provide information and records

(1) An authorised officer may, by written notice given to a person, require the person to give the officer the information or records the officer requires by the notice for the purpose of determining whether a person has committed an offence under section 8A.

(2) A notice under this section must state—

(a) the way the information or records are required to be given, and

(b) a reasonable time by which the information or records are required to be given.

(3) The notice may only require a person to give to the officer existing records that are—

(a) in the person’s possession, or

(b) within the person’s power to obtain lawfully.

(4) The authorised officer may take copies of the records.

(5) If a record required under this section is in electronic, mechanical or other form, the record must, unless the notice otherwise provides, be given in writing.

s 31B: Ins 2022 No 10, Sch 1[46].