New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BUSINESS NAMES ACT 2002 - SECT 28

28 Power to require information and documents

(1) The Director-General 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 Director-General with such information as the person possesses in connection with the use of any business name,

(b) to produce to the Director-General such documents as the person possesses in connection with the use of any business name.

(2) A person must not fail to comply with a requirement under this section.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

Note: The furnishing of false or misleading information and the production of false or misleading documents are offences under Division 3 of Part 5 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 Division 3 of Part 5 of the Crimes Act 1900 .