Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00044:section:167
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00044
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 167
Character Range: 393251–395044

167  Authorised officer may obtain information and documents
 (1) This section applies to a person if an authorised officer reasonably believes that the person has knowledge of information, or possession or control of a document, that is relevant to the compliance with or enforcement of:
 (a) an offence provision of this Act or the regulations; or
 (b) a civil penalty provision of this Act or the regulations; or
 (c) an offence provision of the Crimes Act 1914 or the Criminal Code, to the extent that it relates to this Act.

Requirement
 (2) The authorised officer may, by written notice given to the person, require the person:
 (a) to give to the authorised officer, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such information; or
 (b) to produce to the authorised officer, 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 authorised officer, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies.

Offence
 (3) 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: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.

Compliance
 (3A) A person must comply with a notice given under subsection (2).
 (3B) Subsection (3A) is a civil penalty provision.

Notice to set out the effect of offence provisions
 (4) A notice under subsection (2) must set out the effect of the following provisions:
 (a) subsection (3);
 (b) section 136;
 (c) section 137.
Note 1: Section 136 is about giving false or misleading information.
Note 2: Section 137 is about producing false or misleading documents.