Worker Screening Act 2020
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142 Regulator may require production of information
S. 142(1) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.193).
(1) If the Regulator suspects that a person has committed an offence against this Act or the regulations or Part 5 of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004, the Regulator may, by notice in writing, require any person to provide any information that the Regulator thinks necessary to determine whether that suspicion is reasonable.
S. 142(2) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.194).
(2) A person who receives a notice under subsection (1) must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to provide the information specified in the notice to the Regulator within 28 days or any longer period specified in the notice.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), it is a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to provide information that the person is required to provide under subsection (1) if the provision of the information would tend to incriminate the person.