Queensland Consolidated Acts

FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT AND OTHER HOME OWNER GRANTS ACT 2000 - SECT 32

32 Powers on investigation

(1) For carrying out an authorised investigation, the commissioner may, by written notice, require a person to do one or more of the following—

(a) give the commissioner written information stated in the notice;

(b) attend at a stated time and place before the commissioner, or a stated authorised officer, to answer questions relevant to the investigation;

(c) produce a document relevant to the investigation to the commissioner at a reasonable stated time and place.

(2) The commissioner may require information given, or to be given, under this section be verified on oath or by statutory declaration.

(3) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement under this section.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) A person who, having attended before the commissioner or officer in response to a notice under subsection (1) (b) , must not fail to answer a question relevant to the investigation unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(5) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (3) to give information or produce a document or to answer a question under subsection (4) if complying with the requirement or answering the question might tend to incriminate the person.