Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991 No. 30, 1991 - SECT 43

43. (1) An investigator may, to the extent that it is reasonably necessary to
do so in connection with the conduct of an investigation, require:

   (a)  the Secretary of a Department or the chief executive officer of a
        Commonwealth authority; or

   (b)  any person representing a Secretary or chief executive officer; or

   (c)  any owner or occupier of a workplace at which the investigation is
        being conducted; or

   (d)  any employee or contractor; to give to the investigator reasonable
        assistance, to answer any questions put by the investigator, and to
        produce any documents requested by the investigator, in connection
        with the conduct of the investigation.

(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a
requirement made of the person under this section.
Penalty: $3,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(3) A person must not, in purported compliance with a requirement made of the
person under this section, knowingly or recklessly give information that is
false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $3,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.