South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts15—Use and obtaining of information
(1) A government or non-government organisation that is involved in the provision of services under this Act or the Young Offenders Act must, at the Training Centre Visitor's request, provide the Visitor with information relevant to the exercise of the Visitor's functions.
(2) If the Visitor has reason to believe that a person is capable of providing information or producing a document that may be relevant to the exercise of the Visitor's functions, the Visitor may, by notice in writing provided to the person, require the person to do 1 or more of the following:
(a) to provide that information to the Visitor in writing signed by that person or, in the case of a body corporate, by an officer of the body corporate;
(b) to produce that document to the Visitor;
(c) to attend before a person specified in the notice and answer relevant questions or produce relevant documents.
(3) A notice under subsection (2)
is to specify the period within which, or the time, day and place at which, the person is required to provide the information or document, or to attend.
(4) A notice under subsection (2)
must provide a period of time for compliance with a requirement under that subsection that has been determined by the Visitor to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (2)
.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(6) If a document is produced in accordance with a requirement under this section, the Visitor may take possession of, make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.