South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts52CA—Use and obtaining of information
(1) A government or
non-government organisation that is involved in the provision of services to
children must, at the Guardian's request, provide the Guardian with
information relevant to the performance of the Guardian's functions.
(2) If the Guardian
has reason to believe that a person is capable of providing information or
producing a document that may be relevant to the performance of the Guardian's
functions, the Guardian may, by notice in writing provided to the person,
require the person to do 1 or more of the following:
(a) to
provide that information to the Guardian in writing signed by that person or,
in the case of a body corporate, by an officer of the body corporate;
(b) to
produce that document to the Guardian;
(c) to
attend before a person specified in the notice and answer relevant questions
or produce relevant documents.
(3) A notice under
subsection (2) is to specify the period within which, or the time, day
and place at which, the person is required to provide the information or
document, or to attend.
(4) A notice under
subsection (2) must provide a period of time for compliance with a
requirement under that subsection that has been determined by the Guardian to
be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) A person must
comply with a requirement under subsection (2).
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(6) If a document is
produced in accordance with a requirement under this section, the Guardian may
take possession of, make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.