Power to require production of documents
69 Power to require production of documents
(1) An authorised officer may require a person to produce to the officer for inspection a document required to be kept by the person:
under this Act;
under the Commonwealth Navigation Act; or
(c) under the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 of the Commonwealth.
(2) The person must produce the document for inspection, unless he or she has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
(3) The authorised officer may keep the document to make a copy of it.
(4) If the authorised officer makes a copy of the document, or of an entry in the document, the officer may require the person required to keep the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry.
(5) The person required to keep the document must comply with a requirement made under subsection (4), unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
(6) The authorised officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after making the copy.
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.