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FISHERIES ADJUSTMENT SCHEMES ACT 1987 - SECT 15

15 .         Power to obtain information

        (1)         The Minister, the CEO or a chairman may, by notice in writing, require any person within such period as is specified in the notice, to furnish him with such information as he requires for the purpose of inquiring into or ascertaining that person’s or any other person’s liability or entitlement under any provision of this Act.

        (2)         A person who fails to comply with a requirement by the Minister, the CEO or a chairman under subsection (1) or, in response to a requirement under that subsection, furnishes information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular commits an offence.

        Penalty: $5 000 and a daily penalty of $100.

        [Section 15 amended by No. 41 of 1990 s. 10; No. 54 of 1994 s. 18; No. 28 of 2006 s. 228.]



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