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ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2009 - SECT 85 Power to require information and documents

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 2009 - SECT 85

Power to require information and documents

85 Power to require information and documents

(1) The Secretary may, by notice in writing served on any person, require the person to do either or both of the following within such time as is specified in the notice--
(a) to furnish the Secretary with such information as the person possesses in connection with the affairs of an association or a previously registered association,
(b) to produce to the Secretary such documents as the person possesses in connection with the affairs of an association or a previously registered association.
(2) A person must not fail to comply with a requirement under this section.
: Maximum penalty--60 penalty units.
Note : The furnishing of false or misleading information and the production of false or misleading documents are offences under Part 5A of the Crimes Act 1900 .
(3) A person is not excused from furnishing information or producing a document pursuant to a requirement under this section on the ground that to do so may tend to incriminate the person, but any information so furnished or document so produced is not admissible in evidence against the person in any criminal proceedings other than proceedings for an offence under Part 5A of the Crimes Act 1900 .
(4) In this section--


"previously registered association" means an association--
(a) that is not currently registered under this Act, and
(b) that has been, or has been taken to be, previously registered under this Act.