New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR ACT 2007 - SECT 138

138 Secretary may carry out inquiries and investigations in relation to complaints and proposed complaints

(1) The Secretary may carry out such investigations and inquiries as the Secretary considers necessary in connection with a complaint, or proposed complaint, under this Part in relation to--

(a) a licensee, or

(b) a manager, or

(c) a close associate of a licensee.

(2) The Commissioner of Police may inquire into, and report to the Secretary on, such matters as the Secretary may request concerning the licensee, manager or close associate to whom the complaint, or proposed complaint, relates.

(3) The Secretary may, by notice in writing, require a licensee, manager or close associate who is the subject of an investigation under this section to do one or more of the following things--

(a) provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, such information verified by statutory declaration as, in the opinion of the Secretary, is relevant to the investigation and is specified in the notice,

(b) produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, such records as, in the opinion of the Secretary, are relevant to the investigation and permit examination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of them,

(c) authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a requirement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),

(d) furnish to the Secretary such authorisations and consents as the Secretary requires for the purpose of enabling the Secretary to obtain information (including financial and other confidential information) from other persons concerning the person under investigation and the person's associates.

(4) A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under subsection (3) does not on that account incur a liability to another person.

(5) A person must not fail to comply with a requirement of the Secretary contained in a notice under subsection (3).

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.