Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00239:clause:1_73bed
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00239
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 73BED
Character Range: 24030–26125

73BED  Minister may conduct investigation

 (1) The Minister may, by notice in writing served on a person who is or has been an officer, employee or agent of a registered organization, require the person to do all or any of the following:
 (a) to give, within a time specified in the notice, to the Minister or to a person specified in the notice, such information as relates to an area of operations of the organization that is specified in the notice;
 (b) to produce, at a time and place specified in the notice, such of the records, books, accounts and other documents of the organization as are in the person's custody or under the person's control and relate to an area of operations of the organization that is specified in the notice;
 (c) to attend, at a time and place specified in the notice, before the Minister or a person specified in the notice and give evidence relating to an area of operations of the organization that is specified in the notice.

 (2) The Minister may require the information to be furnished, or the evidence to be given, on oath or affirmation and either orally or in writing and, for that purpose, the Minister or the person specified in the notice may administer an oath or affirmation.

 (3) If, in the opinion of the Minister it is desirable for the purposes of an investigation that the records, books, accounts and other documents of a registered organization be examined, the Minister may authorise, in writing, a person to examine and report on those records, books, accounts and other documents.

 (4) A person authorised under subsection (3) must, at all reasonable times, have full and free access to any premises at which the records, books, accounts and other documents are kept and may take extracts from, or copies of, the records, books, accounts and other documents.

 (5) In this section:

registered organization includes an organization whose registration was cancelled under section 79 within 12 months before the date:
 (a) of the notice under subsection (1); or
 (b) of the authorisation under subsection (3);
as the case requires.