Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Bounty (Berry Fruits) Act 1982 No. 132 of 1982 - SECT 18

18. (1) A Collector or an authorized officer may, by notice signed by him,
require a person whom he believes to be capable of giving information relevant
to the operation of this Act in relation to the production, sale or other
disposal (including provision to a processor), or processing or other use of
bountiable fruit to attend before him at a time and place specified in the
notice and there to answer questions and to produce to him such accounts,
books, documents and other records in relation to the production, sale or
other disposal (including provision to a processor), or processing or other
use of bountiable fruits as are referred to in the notice.

(2) A Collector or an authorized officer may make copies of, or take extracts
from, any accounts, books, documents or other records produced in pursuance of
this section.

(3) A person is not excused from answering a question or producing any
accounts, books, documents or other records when required so to do under this
section on the ground that the answer to the question, or the production of
the accounts, books, documents or other records, might tend to incriminate him
or make him liable to a penalty, but his answer to any such question or the
production by him of any such account, book, document or other record is not
admissible in evidence against him in proceedings other than proceedings for
an offence against paragraph 20 (1) (c) or sub-section 20 (3).

(4) Where a producer of bountiable fruits, or a person employed by a producer,
has failed to attend or to answer a question, or to produce any account, book,
document or other record, when required so to do under this section, bounty is
not payable to the producer, unless the Minister otherwise directs, until the
producer or that person has attended, answered the question or produced the
account, book, document or other record, as the case may be.