Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts Where a person duly
authorised under the Fair Trading Act 2010 Part 6 to make an
investigation or inquiry for the purposes of that Act, or this Act, has
reasonable cause to believe that an agent has deposited any money with a bank
or other financial institution, whether in an account in the name of the agent
or in some other account, he or she may by notice in writing addressed to the
manager or other officer for the time being in charge of the bank or other
institution concerned and nominating the accounts to be examined, require that
those accounts be disclosed to him or her, and the manager or other officer
for the time being in charge of the bank or other institution named in the
requisition shall without requiring any warrant other than the production of
the credentials under the Fair Trading Act 2010 of that authorised
person, whether or not the person in whose name the account is held consents,
permit the authorised person to inspect, and make a copy or extract of, the
nominated accounts and any book, document or other record that relates to the
accounts and is in the possession or control of that bank or other
institution.
[Section 100 inserted by No. 58 of 2010
s. 102.]