OMBUDSMAN ACT 2001 - SECT 30
Compliance with investigation requirement
OMBUDSMAN ACT 2001 - SECT 30
Compliance with investigation requirement
30 Compliance with investigation requirement
(1) A person who receives an investigation requirement must comply with the
requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) An excuse is a reasonable excuse
for subsection (1) if—
(a) within the time for compliance with the
investigation requirement, the person gives the ombudsman a notice of the
excuse in enough detail to allow the ombudsman to form an opinion on whether
the excuse is reasonable; and
(b) the ombudsman advises the person that, in
the ombudsman’s opinion, the excuse is reasonable.
(3) Subsection (2) does
not limit what is a reasonable excuse.
(4) It is not a reasonable excuse for
subsection (1) that complying with the investigation requirement might tend to
incriminate the person.
Note—
See section 48for the restrictions on the
admissibility in a proceeding of information given, or derived from
information given, under subsection (1) .
