New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL AGENTS AND PRIVATE INQUIRY AGENTS ACT 2004 - SECT 30

30 Power to require information and documents

(1) The Commissioner may, by notice in writing served on any licensee, require the licensee to do either or both of the following within such time as is specified in the notice:

(a) to furnish the Commissioner with such information as the licensee possesses in connection with the licensee’s activities under the licence,

(b) to produce to the Commissioner such documents as the licensee possesses in connection with the licensee’s activities under the licence.

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

Maximum penalty: 100 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 licensee 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 licensee, but any information so furnished or document so produced is not admissible in evidence against the licensee in any criminal proceedings other than proceedings for an offence under Division 3 of Part 5 of the Crimes Act 1900 .

(4) In this section, a reference to a "licensee" includes a reference to a former licensee.