Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if the chief executive believes, on reasonable grounds, that a marketeer has made a representation in contravention of section 209(1) or (2).
(2) The chief executive may, by written notice, ask the person to give to the chief executive written proof supporting the representation.
(3) The notice must—
(a) state a day, at least 14 days after the day the notice is given to the person, by which the person must give the proof to the chief executive; and
(b) warn the person it is an offence to fail to comply with the notice by the stated day, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(4) The person must comply with the notice by the stated day, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—540 penalty units.
(5) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to comply with subsection (4) that complying with the subsection might tend to incriminate the individual.