Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Secretary, by notice in writing, may require an interested person to do any one or more of the following—
(a) to provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, any information that is relevant to the consideration of the application and is specified in the notice;
(b) to produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, any records relevant to the consideration of the application that are specified in the notice and to permit examination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of them;
(c) to authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a specified requirement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) to provide the Secretary with any authorities and consents the Secretary requires for the purpose of enabling the Secretary to obtain information (including financial and other confidential information) concerning the interested person from other persons.
(2) The Secretary—
(a) must give any information provided or record produced by an interested person under subsection (1), or a copy of the information or record, to the Minister; and
(b) may give that information or record, or a copy of it, to the Commission if the Secretary considers that the information or record is relevant to an investigation or inquiry by the Commission in relation to the application.
(3) If an interested person refuses to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)—
(a) the Secretary must notify the Minister in writing as soon as practicable; and
(b) the Minister may refuse to consider the application.
(4) In this section—
S. 3.4.59M(4) def. of interested person substituted by No. 60/2011 s. 50.
"interested person" includes a person who the Secretary considers may become an associate of an applicant for the monitoring licence.
S. 3.4.59N inserted by No. 29/2009 s. 23.