Totalizator Act 1997

The Minister may, by notice in writing, require a person who is an applicant for a licence or who, in the opinion of the Minister, has some association or connection with the applicant that is relevant to the application to do any one or more of the following things—

to provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, such information, verified by statutory declaration, as is relevant to the investigation of the application and is specified in the notice,

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

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

to furnish to the Minister such authorities and consents as the Minister directs for the purpose of enabling the Minister to obtain information (including financial and other confidential information) from other persons concerning the person and his or her associates or relations.

If a requirement made under this section is not complied with, the Minister may refuse to consider the application concerned.

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