Registrar's power to require information
8 Registrar's power to require information
The
Registrar may, by written notice, require a person to provide specified information, or information of a specified kind, that is in the person's possession and that the Registrar reasonably requires for the performance of the Registrar's functions under this
Act (including any function assigned to the Registrar by the
Minister under section 7(1)(e)).
A person required to provide information to the Registrar by a notice under this section must—
provide the information to the Registrar within the period, and in the manner and form, stated in the notice (which must be reasonable);
and
if required to do so by the notice, or by a subsequent written notice given by the Registrar, verify the information by statutory declaration.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
Expiation fee: $210.
A person cannot be compelled to give information under this section if the information might tend to incriminate the person of an offence.
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