401AUSTEL may obtain information and documents from persons other than carriers

##### 401 AUSTEL may obtain information and documents from persons other than carriers (1) If AUSTEL has reason to believe that a person other than a carrier has information or a document that is relevant to the performance of any of AUSTEL’s functions or the exercise of any of its powers, AUSTEL may by written notice given to the person, require the person, within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, to give the information to AUSTEL in writing, or to produce the document to AUSTEL, as the case requires. (1A) A notice under subsection (1) that relates to the giving of information may require the information to be given in a specified form. (2) A person must comply with a notice under subsection (1). Penalty: 20 penalty units. (3) A person must not, in purported compliance with such a notice, knowingly give information that is false or misleading. Penalty for a contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 6 months.