New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 97HC

97HC Provision of information, documents and evidence

(1) For the purposes of exercising the Tribunal's functions under this Part (whether as the Tribunal or the Scheme Administrator), the Chairperson of the Tribunal may, by notice in writing served on an officer of a benchmark participant, an accredited abatement certificate provider or any other person, require the officer or person to do any one or more of the following--

(a) to send to the Tribunal, on or before a day specified in the notice, a statement setting out the information specified in the notice,

(b) to send to the Tribunal, on or before a day specified in the notice, the documents specified in the notice,

(c) to attend a meeting of the Tribunal to give evidence.

(2) For the purposes of exercising the Scheme Administrator's functions under this Part, the Scheme Administrator (not being the Tribunal) may, by notice in writing served on an officer of a benchmark participant or an accredited abatement certificate provider, require the officer to do any one or more of the following--

(a) to send to the Scheme Administrator, on or before a day specified in the notice, a statement setting out the information specified in the notice,

(b) to send to the Scheme Administrator, on or before a day specified in the notice, the documents specified in the notice.

(3) If documents are given to the Tribunal or Scheme Administrator under this section, the Tribunal or Scheme Administrator--

(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 those purposes, and

(c) during that period must permit them to be inspected at all reasonable times by persons who would be entitled to inspect them if they were not in the possession of the Tribunal or Scheme Administrator.