Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRICES SURVEILLANCE ACT 1983 No. 145, 1983 - SECT 32

32. (1) The Chairman may, by notice in writing signed by him and served on a
person, require the person-

   (a)  to furnish to the Authority, by writing signed by the person or his
        agent, or, in the case of a Commonwealth authority or a body
        corporate, by a competent officer of the Commonwealth authority or
        body corporate, within the time and in the manner specified in the
        notice, such information in relation to the affairs of the person as
        is so specified; or

   (b)  to produce to the Authority, in accordance with the notice, such
        documents in relation to the affairs of the person as are specified in
        the notice,
being information that is, or documents that are, relevant to-

   (c)  the consideration by the Authority of the matters contained in a
        notice given to the Authority by the person under paragraph 22 (2)
        (a);

   (d)  an inquiry that is being held in relation to the person; or

   (e)  a supply of goods or services by the person, being a supply of a kind
        in relation to which this Act applies.

(2) A person shall not-

   (a)  without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a notice
        under sub-section (1); or

   (b)  in purported compliance with such a notice, knowingly furnish
        information that is false or misleading.

Penalty: $1,000.

(3) Subject to section 33, where, pursuant to a notice served on a person
under sub-section (1) in relation to information that is, or documents that
are, relevant to an inquiry that is being held in public in relation to the
person, the person furnishes information or produces documents to the
Authority in connection with the inquiry, the Authority shall make the
information or documents available to the public in such manner as the
Authority thinks fit.