Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person if an authorised officer reasonably believes that the person has knowledge of information, or possession or control of a document, that is relevant to the compliance with or enforcement of:
(a) an offence provision of this Act or the regulations; or
(b) a civil penalty provision of this Act or the regulations; or
(c) an offence provision of the Crimes Act 1914 or the Criminal Code , to the extent that it relates to this Act.
Requirement
(2) The authorised officer may, by written notice given to the person, require the person:
(a) to give to the authorised officer, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such information; or
(b) to produce to the authorised officer, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such documents; or
(c) to make copies of any such documents and to produce to the authorised officer, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies.
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person has been given a notice under subsection (2); and
(b) the person omits to do an act; and
(c) the omission contravenes a requirement in the notice.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
Compliance
(3A) A person must comply with a notice given under subsection (2).
(3B) Subsection (3A) is a civil penalty provision.
Notice to set out the effect of offence provisions
(4) A notice under subsection (2) must set out the effect of the following provisions:
(a) subsection (3);
(b) section 136;
(c) section 137.
Note 1: Section 136 is about giving false or misleading information.
Note 2: Section 137 is about producing false or misleading documents.