Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The CIPS, for the
purposes of the administration and enforcement of this Act, may do any of the
following —
(a)
direct a person —
(i)
to give such information as the CIPS requires; or
(ii)
to answer a question put to the person;
(b)
direct a person to produce a record in the person’s custody or under the
person’s control;
(c)
examine and make a copy of a record produced in response to a direction under
paragraph (b).
(2) A direction under
subsection (1)(a) —
(a) may
be given orally or in writing to the person required to give the information
or answer; and
(b) must
specify the time at or within which the information or answer is to be given;
and
(c) may
require that the information or answer —
(i)
be given orally or in writing; or
(ii)
be given at or delivered to a place specified in the
direction; or
(iii)
in the case of written information or a written answer,
be delivered by means specified in the direction; or
(iv)
be verified by statutory declaration.
(3) A direction under
subsection (1)(b) —
(a) must
be given in writing to the person required to produce the record; and
(b) must
specify the time at or within which the record is to be produced; and
(c) may
require that the record be produced —
(i)
at a place specified in the direction; and
(ii)
by means specified in the direction.
(4) A person to whom a
direction is given under subsection (1) must not, without reasonable excuse,
fail to comply with the direction.
Penalty: a fine of $20 000.
[Section 18 amended: No. 36 of 2020 s. 320.]