HOUSING ACT 2003 - SECT 81 Power to require information or documents

HOUSING ACT 2003 - SECT 81

81 Power to require information or documents

(1) The chief executive or an authorised officer may, by notice given to a person, require the person to—

(a) give to the chief executive or an authorised officer, either orally or in writing, information in the person’s knowledge about a stated matter within a stated reasonable time and in a stated reasonable way; or

(b) give to the chief executive or an authorised officer, within a stated reasonable time and in a stated reasonable way, a document about a stated matter in the person’s possession or control.

(2) The chief executive or authorised officer may keep a document mentioned in subsection (1) (b) to copy it.

(3) If the chief executive or authorised officer copies the document, or an entry in the document, the chief executive or officer may require the person who has possession or control of the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry.

(4) The chief executive or authorised officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after copying it.

(5) A person of whom a requirement is made under subsection (1) or (3) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(6) If a court convicts a person of an offence against subsection (5) , the court may also order the person to give to the chief executive or a stated authorised officer, within a stated time and in a stated way, information or a document to which the requirement related.