GEMS Regulator may require a person to provide information
123 GEMS Regulator may require a person to provide information
The GEMS Regulator may give a written notice to a person who has GEMS information requiring the person to:
give to a GEMS inspector specified in the notice any information that is specified in the notice; or
produce to a GEMS inspector specified in the notice any document (or part of a document) that is specified in the notice.
Matters to be included in notice
The notice must also specify:
the day on which the notice is given; and
the person to whom the notice is given; and
the manner in which the information is to be given or the document produced; and
that the information is to be given, or the document produced, within 14 days after the notice is given, or within such longer period as is specified in the notice; and
that the person may commit an offence if the person does not comply with the notice.
The notice must set out the effect of sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code (false or misleading information or documents).
Offence for failing to comply with a notice
A person commits an offence if:
the person is required to give information or produce a document to a GEMS inspector under subsection (1); and
the person does not give the GEMS inspector the information or produce the document within the period specified in the notice.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
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