Financial Intermediaries Act 1996

An investigator may, by written notice given to an officer of a society the affairs of which are being investigated, require the officer—

to produce to the investigator all documents of the society and other documents about the society’s affairs in the possession or under the control of the officer; and

to give the investigator all reasonable help with the investigation; and

to appear before the investigator for examination on oath or affirmation.

An investigator may administer an oath or affirmation.

If documents are produced to an investigator, the investigator may take possession of the documents for the period the investigator considers necessary for the investigation.

During the period, the investigator must permit a person who would be entitled to inspect any 1 or more of those documents, if they were not in the investigator’s possession, to inspect at all reasonable times the documents that person would be entitled to inspect.