Equal Opportunity Act 1984

Where the Commissioner has reason to believe that a person is capable of furnishing information (in this subsection referred to as relevant information) or producing documents (in this subsection referred to as relevant documents) relevant to an investigation under this Division, the Commissioner may, by notice in writing served on the person, require the person, at such place, and within such period or on such date and at such time, as are specified in the notice —

to furnish to the Commissioner, by writing signed by the person or, in the case of a body corporate, by an officer of the body corporate, such relevant information (if any) as is specified in the notice; and

to produce to the Commissioner such relevant documents (if any) as are specified in the notice.

Where documents are produced to the Commissioner in accordance with a requirement under subsection (1), the Commissioner —

may take possession of, and may make copies of, or take extracts from, the documents; and

may retain possession of the documents for such period as is necessary for the purposes of the investigation to which the documents relate; and

during that period shall permit a person who would be entitled to inspect any one or more of the documents if they were not in the possession of the Commissioner to inspect at all reasonable times such of the documents as that person would be so entitled to inspect.