58Minister or Director may require information

58 Minister or Director may require information

(1) The Minister or the Director may require a person to give to the Minister or Director any information or documents that the Minister or the Director reasonably considers necessary to determine whether that person or any other person—

(a) has complied with a provision of this Act;

(b) is, or has been at any time, required by law to comply with a provision of this Act;

(c) is or might be administering, or has or might have administered, a patriotic fund, or is raising, or has raised, money, contrary to this Act.

(2) The Minister or the Director must make the requirement in a written notice that—

(a) identifies the information or document;

(b) specifies by when the requirement must be complied with;

(c) specifies in what form the information or document is to be given to the Minister or the Director.

(3) The notice must—

(a) state that the requirement is made under this section; and

(b) include a copy of this section and section 75.

(4) A person must comply with any requirement made by the Minister or the Director under this section, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not doing so.

S. 59 amended by No. 19/2009 s. 31, substituted by No. 21/2012 s. 239(Sch. 6 item 45.3).