Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (REFORM OF THE CHILD SUPPORT SCHEME--NEW FORMULA AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2006 - SECT 4

  (1)   The Registrar may, where it is reasonably necessary for the purposes of this Act, by written notice, require a person:

  (a)   to give to the Registrar, within a reasonable period (being a period of not less than 7 days), and in a reasonable manner, specified in the notice, such information as the Registrar requires; and

  (b)   to attend before the Registrar, or before an officer authorised by the Registrar for the purpose, at a reasonable time and place specified in the notice, and then and there answer questions; and

  (c)   to produce to the Registrar, at a reasonable time and place specified in the notice, any documents in the custody or under the control of the person.

  (2)   The regulations must prescribe scales of expenses to be allowed to persons required to attend under this section.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a requirement under subsection   (1).

Penalty:   60 penalty units.

  (4)   Subsection   (3) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .