NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 14J Secretary may require further information or documents

NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 14J

  (1)   The Secretary may, by notice in writing, require an applicant for a licence or a permit, or for a variation of such a licence or permit, to give the Secretary such further information or documents in relation to the application as the Secretary reasonably requires.

  (2)   The Secretary may, by notice in writing, require the holder of a licence to give the Secretary such further information or documents about matters relating to the licence as the Secretary reasonably requires, including but not limited to the following matters:

  (a)   activities engaged in under, or purportedly under, the licence;

  (b)   conditions of the licence;

  (c)   variation or revocation of the licence;

  (d)   matters relating to one or more permits that relate to the licence.

  (3)   A notice under subsection   ( 1) or (2) may specify a period, which must be reasonable in all the circumstances and must not be less than 14 days, within which the information or documents are to be given.

  (4)   The Secretary may require information or documents to be given under this section at any time, and on one or more occasions:

  (a)   if the information or documents relate to an application for a licence or a permit, or for a variation of such a licence or permit--before the Secretary makes a decision on the application, whether before or after the Secretary has begun to consider the application; or

  (b)   if the information or documents otherwise relate to a licence--at any time while the licence is in force.

  (5)   To avoid doubt, the information or documents that the Secretary may require include information or documents about whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold a licence or to be associated with the holder of a licence.

Note:   Section   24B deals with the privilege against self - incrimination.