Victorian Numbered Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 (NO 107 OF 2004) - SECT 9

    (1)     For the purpose of ascertaining whether this Act or the regulations have been complied with or of investigating a suspected contravention, the Authority may (by written notice) require a person to—

        (a)     give the Authority such information as the Authority requires; or

        (b)     produce a document in the custody or control of the person.

    (2)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under sub-section (1).

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (3)     A notice under sub-section (1) directed to a natural person must inform the person that he or she may refuse or fail to give any information if giving the information would tend to incriminate him or her.

    Note:     Under section 153, it is an offence for a person to give information in complying or purportedly complying with this Act that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.