Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00095:section:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00095
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 110772–113398

9  Power to obtain information and documents
 (1) Where the Ombudsman has reason to believe that a person is capable of furnishing information or producing documents or other records relevant to an investigation under this Act, the Ombudsman may, by notice in writing served on the person, require that person, at such place, and within such period or on such date and at such time, as are specified in the notice:
 (a) to furnish to the Ombudsman, by writing signed by that person or, in the case of a body corporate, by an officer of the body corporate, any such information; or
 (b) to produce to the Ombudsman such documents or other records as are specified in the notice.
 (1AA) If the Ombudsman has reason to believe that a person who is:
 (aa) an officer of a Department or prescribed authority; or
 (ab) a Commonwealth service provider of a Department or prescribed authority under a contract; or
 (ac) an employee of Commonwealth service provider of a Department or prescribed authority under a contract;
is capable of furnishing information or producing documents or other records relevant to an investigation under this Act but the Ombudsman does not know the identity of the person, the Ombudsman may, by notice in writing served on the principal officer of the Department or authority, require the principal officer or a person nominated by the principal officer, at such place, and within such period or on such date and at such time, as are specified in the notice:
 (a) to attend before a person specified in the notice to answer questions relevant to the investigation; or
 (b) to produce to a person specified in the notice such documents or other records as are so specified.
 (1A) Where documents or other records are produced to the Ombudsman in accordance with a requirement under subsection (1) or (1AA) or an order under subsection 11A(2), the Ombudsman:
 (a) may take possession of, and may make copies of, or take extracts from, the documents or other records;
 (b) may retain possession of the documents or other records for such period as is necessary for the purposes of the investigation to which the documents or other records relate; and
 (c) during that period shall permit a person who would be entitled to inspect any one or more of the documents or other records if they were not in the possession of the Ombudsman to inspect at all reasonable times such of the documents or other records as that person would be so entitled to inspect.
 (2) Where the Ombudsman has reason to believe that a person is able to give information relevant to an investigation under this Act, the Ombudsman may,