(1) Subject to
subsection (2), the CEO may by notice in writing served on any person —
(a) who
constructs, manufactures, assembles or sells any new vehicle or vessel; and
(b) who
may reasonably be expected to be in possession of any information relating to
any emission from vehicles or vessels, including information —
(i)
relating to any such emission obtained by the use of any
equipment; or
(ii)
required by the CEO for the making of any inspection,
measurement or test of any such emission by a prescribed method,
require that person to
furnish the information referred to in paragraph (b) to the CEO within such
period, being a period of not less than 14 days from the day on which that
notice was served, as is specified in that notice.
(2) The CEO may at the
request of a person on whom a notice is served under subsection (1) extend by
notice in writing served on that person the period within which the relevant
information is required to be furnished to the CEO, and the notice served on
that person under subsection (1) is thereupon deemed to be amended
accordingly.
(3) A person who does
not comply with a requirement made to the person under subsection (1) commits
an offence.
[Section 96 amended: No. 57 of 1997 s. 54(4); No.
54 of 2003 s. 62 and 140(2); No. 40 of 2020 s. 111(1).]