Anti-Discrimination Act 1998

The Tribunal, Commissioner or an authorised person may require any person to provide specified information or produce specified documents that the Tribunal, Commissioner or authorised person believes may be relevant to the complaint.

A requirement is to be – in writing; and served on the relevant person.

The Tribunal, Commissioner or authorised person may take and retain possession, or take copies, of any document produced under subsection (1).

A person, without reasonable excuse, must not fail to provide any information or produce any document required under subsection (1). Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

If a person fails to provide any information or produce any document required under subsection (1), the Commissioner is to submit a report on the matter to the Tribunal.

A person who produces any document under this section is to be given reasonable access to that document.

After considering the report, the Tribunal may make an order requiring a person to provide the specified information or produce the specified documents.

An order made under subsection (7) may be filed in the Supreme Court and is enforceable as if it were an order of the Supreme Court.