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EXPLOSIVES ACT 1999 - SECT 16

16 Additional information

(1) The chief inspector may, by written notice, require a person mentioned in section 15(1) to give the chief inspector further information the chief inspector reasonably needs to be satisfied about the person's identity or physical or mental health, including--

(a) in relation to the person's physical health--a report from a doctor about the person's physical health; and
(b) in relation to the person's mental health--a report from a doctor or psychologist about the person's mental health.

(2) The notice must--

(a) state that the information must be given within a stated reasonable time (not less than 28 days after the notice is given); and
(b) be given to--
(i) for a person mentioned in section 15(1)(a) or (c)--the applicant for the authority; or
(ii) for a person mentioned in section 15(1)(b) or (d)--the authority holder.

(3) If the information about the person's mental health given under subsection (1) is provided in a doctor's or psychologist's report, the chief inspector may--

(a) make information about the person having access to explosives available to the doctor or psychologist; and
(b) ask the doctor or psychologist to provide a further report.

(4) The chief inspector may make the information available only if the chief inspector considers, on reasonable grounds--

(a) the doctor or psychologist was not aware of the information; and
(b) the information may influence the doctor's or psychologist's opinion about the person's mental health.

(5) The chief inspector must also advise the person of the information being supplied to the doctor or psychologist.

(6) The chief inspector may make the information available under subsection (3) despite the provisions of any other Act.

(7) Information required to be supplied under this section may be used only to decide whether the person is an appropriate person for section 15 or to investigate or prosecute an offence and must not be disclosed for any purpose other than as provided under section 132.

(8) An applicant for an authority is taken to have withdrawn the application if the applicant or the applicant's employee fails to provide the information required under subsection (1) within the time stated in the notice.



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