New South Wales Consolidated Acts

REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 35A

35A Secretary may carry out inquiries and investigations

(1) The Secretary may carry out such investigations and inquiries as the Secretary considers necessary in connection with--

(a) a complaint or proposed complaint under Part 6A in relation to the secretary, or a member of the governing body, of a registered club, or

(b) compliance with the provisions of Part 4A (including the provisions of the Registered Clubs Accountability Code) by a registered club or member of the governing body or employee of a registered club.

(2) The Commissioner of Police is to inquire into, and report to the Secretary on, such matters as the Secretary may request concerning a person who is the subject of an investigation under this section.

(3) The Secretary may, by notice in writing, require a person who is the subject of an investigation under this section, or is a member of the governing body of or an employee of a registered club that is the subject of such an investigation, 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 authorities 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 his or her associates.

(4) A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under this section 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 (subsection (5)): 20 penalty units.