New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TOTALIZATOR ACT 1997 - SECT 62

62 Minister may require key employees to provide information

(1) The Minister may, by notice in writing served on a key employee, require the key employee--

(a) to consent, in accordance with directions in the notice, to having his or her photograph, fingerprints and palm prints taken, and

(b) to provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, the information (verified by statutory declaration) relevant to the key employee that is specified in the notice, and

(c) to produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, the documents relevant to the key employee that are specified in the notice and to permit examination of the documents and the taking of extracts from, and the making of copies of, them, and

(d) to furnish the authorities and consent that the Minister may require for the purpose of obtaining further information (including financial and other confidential information) from other persons and institutions.

(2) The Minister is to refer to the Commissioner of Police copies of photographs, fingerprints and palm prints obtained in respect of a key employee under this section and any supporting information that the Minister considers should be referred to the Commissioner.

(3) The Commissioner of Police is to inquire into, and report to the Minister on, any matters concerning the key employee that the Minister may request.

(4) A key employee is not excused from complying with a notice under this section on the ground that compliance might tend to incriminate the employee. However, if the employee claims, before complying with the notice, that compliance might tend to incriminate the employee, information provided in compliance with the notice is not admissible in evidence against the employee in any criminal proceedings other than proceedings under this Act.

(5) A key employee who complies with a requirement of a notice under this section does not on that account incur a liability to another person.