Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) For carrying out an investigation of a complaint or investigation matter in relation to an Australian lawyer, an investigator may, by notice served on the lawyer, require the lawyer to do any 1 or more of the following--
(a) to produce, at or before a stated time and at a stated place, any stated document, or a copy of the document;
(b) to produce, at a stated time and stated place, any stated document, or a copy of the document;
(c) to provide written information on or before a stated date, verified by statutory declaration if the requirement so states;
(d) to otherwise help in, or cooperate with, the investigation of the complaint in a stated way.
(2) For carrying out an investigation of a complaint or investigation matter in relation to an Australian lawyer, the investigator may, on production of his or her identity card, require an associate or former associate of a law practice of which the lawyer is or was an associate, or any other person (but not including the lawyer) who has or has had control of documents relating to the affairs of the lawyer, to give the investigator either or both of the following--
(a) access to the documents relating to the affairs of the lawyer the investigator reasonably requires;
(b) information relating to the affairs of the lawyer the investigator reasonably requires, verified by statutory declaration if the requirement so states.
Examples of another person--
auditor, external examiner, external intervener, liquidator
(3) A person who is subject to a requirement under subsection (1) or (2) must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units
(4) A requirement imposed on a person under this section is to be notified in writing to the person and is to state a reasonable time for compliance.