Power to inquire into fire or hazardous materials emergency
149U Power to inquire into fire or hazardous materials emergency
This section—
applies if an authorised fire officer becomes aware, or reasonably suspects, that a fire or hazardous materials emergency (the emergency) has happened; and
applies for section 149K and for this Act generally.
The authorised fire officer may inquire into the circumstances and probable causes of the emergency.
The authorised fire officer may require a person who has knowledge, or whom the authorised fire officer reasonably suspects to have knowledge, of the circumstances of the emergency to give the authorised fire officer reasonable help, as stated in the requirement, to inquire under subsection (2).
A requirement under subsection (3) may be given orally or in writing.
A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (3) unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
If the requirement is to be complied with by a person who is an individual giving information or producing a document, other than a document required to be kept by the person under this Act, it is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to comply with the requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person.
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