sec.45Power to require information or documents

sec.45 Power to require information or documents

For monitoring or enforcing compliance with this Act, an authorised officer may require a person to— give to the authorised officer, either orally or in writing, information in the person’s knowledge about a stated matter within a stated reasonable time and in a stated reasonable way; or give to the authorised officer, within a stated reasonable time and in a stated reasonable way, a document about a stated matter in the person’s possession or control. information or a document about the preparation, implementation, auditing, reviewing or testing of the operation of the risk management plan The authorised officer may keep a document mentioned in subsection (1) (b) to copy it. The authorised officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after copying it. A person of whom a requirement is made under subsection (1) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. If the person is an individual, it is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) that complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty. If a court convicts a person of an offence against subsection (4) , the court may also order the person to give to the chief executive or a stated authorised officer, within a stated time and in a stated way, information or a document to which the requirement related. (sec.45-ssec.1) For monitoring or enforcing compliance with this Act, an authorised officer may require a person to— give to the authorised officer, either orally or in writing, information in the person’s knowledge about a stated matter within a stated reasonable time and in a stated reasonable way; or give to the authorised officer, within a stated reasonable time and in a stated reasonable way, a document about a stated matter in the person’s possession or control. information or a document about the preparation, implementation, auditing, reviewing or testing of the operation of the risk management plan (sec.45-ssec.2) The authorised officer may keep a document mentioned in subsection (1) (b) to copy it. (sec.45-ssec.3) The authorised officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after copying it. (sec.45-ssec.4) A person of whom a requirement is made under subsection (1) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. (sec.45-ssec.5) If the person is an individual, it is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) that complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty. (sec.45-ssec.6) If a court convicts a person of an offence against subsection (4) , the court may also order the person to give to the chief executive or a stated authorised officer, within a stated time and in a stated way, information or a document to which the requirement related.