National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

The examinee’s lawyer may be present at the examination and may, at such times during it as the inspector determines:

address the inspector; and

examine the examinee;

If, in the inspector’s opinion, a person is trying to obstruct the examination by exercising rights under subsection (1), the inspector may require the person to stop addressing the inspector, or examining the examinee, as the case requires.

Failure to comply with a requirement made under this subsection is an offence (see section 290).

An offence under subsection 290(3) relating to subsection (2) of this section is an offence of strict liability.

For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.