Power to require production of certain documents
44 Power to require production of certain documents
The registrar may, by written notice given to a person, require the person to produce for inspection by an inspector a document issued, or required to be kept, under this Act.
The person must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—400 penalty units.
An inspector to whom a document is produced may keep the document to make a copy of it.
If the inspector copies it, the inspector may require the person responsible for keeping the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document.
The person must certify the copy, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.
The inspector must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after making the copy.
It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to produce a document or certify a copy of a document, if complying with the requirement may tend to incriminate the person.
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