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Part 6A Information requirements
80D Meaning of information requirement —pt 6A
In this part:
"information requirement"—see section 80E (2).
(1) This section applies if the registrar suspects on reasonable grounds that a person—
(a) has information (the required information ) reasonably required by the registrar for the administration or enforcement of this Act; or
(b) has possession or control of a document containing the required information.
(2) The registrar may give the person a notice (an information requirement ) requiring the person to give the information, or produce the document, to the registrar.
(3) The information requirement must be in writing and must include details of the following:
(a) the identity of the person to whom it is given;
(b) why the information is required;
(c) the time by which the notice must be complied with;
(d) the operation of section 80G (Contravention of information requirement).
(4) A person does not incur any civil or criminal liability only because the person gives information, or produces a document, to the registrar in accordance with an information requirement.
80F Treatment of documents provided under information requirement
(1) The registrar must return a document produced in accordance with an information requirement to the person who produced the document as soon as practicable.
(2) Before returning the document, the registrar may make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.
80G Contravention of information requirement
A person commits an offence if the person contravenes an information requirement.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note The Legislation Act
, s 170 and s 171 deal with the application of the privilege against self-incrimination and client legal privilege.