Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2020A00043:clause:1_733b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2020A00043
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 733B
Character Range: 239598–241755

733B  Responsible Commonwealth Minister may obtain information and documents

Scope
 (1) This section applies to a person if the responsible Commonwealth Minister believes on reasonable grounds that the person has information or a document that is relevant to:
 (a) the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, conferred on the responsible Commonwealth Minister by any of the following provisions:
 (i) section 292A;
 (ii) section 321A;
 (iii) section 376;
 (iv) section 377;
 (v) section 383;
 (vi) section 593;
 (vii) section 594; or
 (b) the responsible Commonwealth Minister attaining a state of satisfaction for the purposes of a provision of section 368B.

Requirement
 (2) The responsible Commonwealth Minister may, by written notice given to the person, require the person:
 (a) to give to the responsible Commonwealth Minister, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such information; or
 (b) to produce to the responsible Commonwealth Minister, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such documents; or
 (c) to make copies of any such documents and to produce to the responsible Commonwealth Minister, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies.
 (3) A period specified under paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (c) must not be shorter than 14 days after the notice is given.

Offence
 (4) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person has been given a notice under subsection (2); and
 (b) the person omits to do an act; and
 (c) the omission contravenes a requirement in the notice.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.

Civil penalty
 (5) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes a requirement in a notice under subsection (2).
Civil penalty: 150 penalty units.

Notice to set out the effect of offence and civil penalty provisions
 (6) A notice under subsection (2) must set out the effect of the following provisions:
 (a) subsection (4);
 (b) subsection (5);
 (c) section 733G;
 (d) section 733H.
Note 1: Section 733G is about giving false or misleading information.
Note 2: Section 733H is about producing false or misleading documents.