Liquor Act 1992

An investigator may require a person, by written notice given to the person, to produce to the investigator, at a reasonable time and place stated in the notice, any documents the investigator believes, on reasonable grounds—

the person has possession or control of; and

are relevant to the administration or enforcement of this Act.

An investigator may require the person to give the investigator reasonable assistance in relation to the exercise of the power mentioned in subsection (1).

A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1).Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to produce a document, other than a document required to be kept by the person under this Act, if producing the document might tend to incriminate the person.

An investigator may examine the document and—

make copies of, or take extracts from, the document; or

if the investigator considers, on reasonable grounds, it is necessary to remove the document to examine or copy it—remove the document from the person’s possession or control.

Subsection (7) applies if a document removed under subsection (5) is—

a record made and kept under section 217; or

an accounting record or other record about a business conducted under authority of a licence.

The investigator must permit, at all reasonable times, a person who, if the record had not been removed, would be entitled to inspect the record or make additions to the record to—

inspect the record; and

make additions to the record.

An investigator who has removed a document under subsection (5) must, as soon as is practicable after the removal—

examine and, if the investigator considers it necessary, copy the document; and

return the document to the person from whom it was removed.