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INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 116 Requiring information, documents and attendance

INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 116

Requiring information, documents and attendance

116 Requiring information, documents and attendance

(1) If the information commissioner has reason to believe that a person has information or a document relevant to an external review, the commissioner may give to the person a written notice requiring the person—
(a) to give the information to the commissioner in writing signed by the person or, in the case of a corporation, by an officer of the corporation; or
(b) to produce the document to the commissioner.
(2) The notice must state—
(a) the place at which the information or document must be given or produced to the commissioner; and
(b) a reasonable time at which, or a reasonable period within which, the information or document must be given or produced.
(3) If the commissioner has reason to believe that a person has information relevant to an external review, the commissioner may give to the person a written notice requiring the person to attend before the commissioner at a reasonable time and place specified in the notice to answer questions relevant to the external review.
Note—
A person must not fail to comply with the notice—see section 187 .