13—Power to require information and documents
(1) The Industry Advocate may, by written notice served personally or by post, require a participant in a contract to give the Industry Advocate, within a reasonable time specified in the notice, information or documents in the participant's possession that the Industry Advocate requires for the performance of the Industry Advocate's functions under this Act.
(2) A participant required to give information or documents to the Industry Advocate under this section must provide the information or documents within the time stated in the notice.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(3) A participant cannot be compelled to give information or a document under this section if the information or document is privileged on the ground of legal professional privilege.
(4) A natural person cannot be compelled to give information or a document under this section if the information or document might tend to incriminate the person of an offence.
(5) If a participant gives the Industry Advocate a document in compliance with a requirement under this section, the Industry Advocate may retain the document for so long as is necessary to make a copy of the document, or to otherwise inspect the document, and the document must then be returned to the participant.
(6) In this section—
"participant" in a contract includes a former participant in a current or former contract.