Tattoo Industry Act 2012

The Commissioner may, by written notice served on the person concerned, require an applicant for a licence or for the renewal or restoration of a licence, or a close associate of the applicant, to do one or more of the following things—

provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, such information as, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is relevant to the investigation of the application and is specified in the notice,

produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, such records as, in the opinion of the Commissioner, are relevant to the investigation of the application and permit examination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of them,

authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a requirement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),

give to the Commissioner such authorisations and consents as the Commissioner requires for the purpose of enabling the Commissioner to obtain information (including financial and other confidential information) from other persons concerning the applicant and the applicant’s associates.

A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under this section does not on that account incur a liability to another person.

The Commissioner may refuse to determine an application if a requirement made under this section in relation to the application is not complied with.