Power to require information
30 Power to require information
If a public sector agency or a credit reporting body (within the meaning of the Privacy
Act 1988 of the Commonwealth) is in possession of the personal details of a debtor or alleged offender, the agency or body must, on request from the Chief Recovery Officer, provide those details to the Chief
Recovery Officer.
A public sector agency must, in accordance with the written request of the Chief Recovery Officer, produce to the Officer—
documents or other material in the possession of the agency relevant to an investigation of a debtor's means, or an alleged offender's means, of satisfying a pecuniary sum or an amount due under an expiation notice; and
information that would assist the Officer to identify or recognise a debtor or alleged offender.
This section does not apply to a public sector agency excluded from the application of this section by the regulations.
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