Queensland Numbered Acts

PLANNING ACT 2016 - SECT 217

217 Requiring information

(1) This section applies if an inspector reasonably believes—

(a) an offence against this Act has been committed; and

(b) a person may be able to give information about the offence.

(2) The inspector may, by notice given to the person, require the person to give information about the offence to the inspector, at a stated reasonable time and place.

(3) The person must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to give the information if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.

(5) In this section—

"give" , information that is stored as an electronic document, means produce a clear written reproduction of the information.