Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FEDERAL AIRPORTS CORPORATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 26 of 1990 - SECT 29

29. Section 55 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsections (7) and
(8) and substituting the following subsections:

"(7) The Auditor-General or a person authorised by the Auditor-General may
require any person to give such information in the possession of the person,
or to which the person has access, as the Auditor-General or authorised person
considers necessary for the purposes of the functions of the Auditor-General
under this section.

"(8) A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under
subsection (7) to the extent that the person is capable of complying with it.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.

"(8A) A person must not, in purported compliance with a requirement under
subsection (7), knowingly give information that is false or misleading in a
material particular.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.

"(8B) A person is not excused from giving information under a requirement
under subsection (7) on the grounds that the information may tend to
incriminate the person, but any information given under the requirements, and
any information or thing (including any document) obtained as a direct or
indirect consequence of the giving of the information, is not admissible in
evidence against the person in any criminal proceedings (other than
proceedings for an offence against subsections (8) or (8A)).".