(1) In this section
—
auditor means —
(a) a
person registered as an auditor, or taken to be registered as an auditor,
under the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) Part 9.2; or
(b)
another suitably qualified person approved by the Commissioner under former
section 93;
authorised financial institution has the meaning
given in the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 section 92.
(2) The Commissioner
may, by notice in writing under subsection (3) to a person who is the manager,
or other officer for the time being in charge of, an authorised financial
institution, require that person to give to the Commissioner such information
as the Commissioner requires in relation to a tenancy bond account, including
information as to the balances of and amounts of interest paid on the account.
(3) The notice —
(a) must
specify the time at or within which the information must be given; and
(b) may
require the information to be —
(i)
given in writing; and
(ii)
certified as correct by an auditor; and
(iii)
given at or sent or delivered to a place specified in the
notice; and
(iv)
sent or delivered by any means specified in the notice;
and
(v)
given on oath or affirmation or by statutory declaration;
and
(c) must
state that the person is required under this Act to give the information.
[Section 103 inserted: No. 28 of 2020 s. 84.]