Power to require reasonable help or information
158 Power to require reasonable help or information
An authorised officer may require the occupier of the place, or a person at the place, to give the officer—
reasonable help to exercise a power under section 157(3); or
information, in a stated reasonable way, to help the officer ascertain whether this Act is being complied with.
Example of reasonable way—
by production of a permit or record entry
When making a requirement under subsection (1), the officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
A person required to give reasonable help under subsection (1)(a), or give information under subsection (1)(b), must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
If the person is an individual, it is a reasonable excuse for the individual not to comply with the requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the individual.
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