Further powers of Commissioner to obtain information
27A Further powers of Commissioner to obtain information
This section applies if the Commissioner requires information for any of the objects or purposes of this Act other than for the purposes of an inquiry or investigation under this Act.
The Commissioner may by notice in writing require any person engaged in the sale or supply of a petroleum product to furnish, within a specified time and in a specified manner and form, a return setting forth to the best of the knowledge and ability of that person such particulars as to price or otherwise relating to the petroleum product as are specified in that notice.
The notice may require a return that it requires to be furnished to be verified by statutory declaration.
A return furnished by a person under this section is not admissible in evidence in any proceedings against the person other than proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act.
A person who is required by notice given under this section to furnish a return is not to —
fail or refuse to comply with any of the requirements of that notice; or
wilfully furnish any information that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000.
Nothing in this section limits the power to make regulations requiring persons to provide information.
[Section 27A inserted: No. 73 of 2000 s. 10; amended: No. 11 of 2001 s. 21(1); No. 28 of 2006 s. 120; No. 16 of 2025 s. 9(b) and 10(1).]
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