Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1971 - SECT 39

    (1)      If the planning and land authority is satisfied that a person is capable of providing information or producing a document that the authority reasonably requires for this Act, the authority may, by written notice given to the person, require the person—

        (a)     to give the information to the authority in writing signed by the person or, for a corporation, by an officer of the corporation; or

        (b)     to produce the document to the authority.

    (2)     The notice must state—

        (a)     the place where the information or document is to be given or produced to the planning and land authority; and

        (b)     the time when, or the period within which, the information or document is to be given or produced.

    (3)     If a document is produced in accordance with a requirement under subsection (1), the planning and land authority —

        (a)     may—

              (i)     take possession of, and may make a copy of, or take extracts from, the document; and

              (ii)     retain possession of the document for the period necessary for this Act; and

        (b)     must, during that period, allow a person who would be entitled to inspect the document, if it was not in the possession of the authority, to inspect the document at any reasonable time.