New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ACT 2019 - SECT 105

105 Power to compel production of information

(1) The Children's Guardian may, by written notice, request that a person provide the Children's Guardian with information, including documents, relevant to the exercise of the Children's Guardian's functions under section 128 relating to the employment of children.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) may be given for the purposes of--

(a) preparing submissions to the Supreme Court under this Act, or

(b) investigating a complaint relating to the employment of children.

(3) A person given the notice is authorised to provide the Children's Guardian with the information requested.

(4) A notice under this section may state the day on or before which the notice must be complied with.

(5) If documents are given to the Children's Guardian under this section, the Children's Guardian--

(a) may take possession of, and make copies of or take extracts from, the documents, and

(b) may keep possession of the documents for the period necessary for the purposes of preparing the submission or investigating the complaint, and

(c) if a person would otherwise be entitled to inspect the documents if the documents were not in the possession of the Children's Guardian--must permit the person to inspect the documents at all reasonable times.