WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 234
Power to require production of document
WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 234
Power to require production of document
234 Power to require production of document
(1) An authorised person may require a person to make available for inspection
by an authorised person, or to produce to the authorised person for
inspection, at a reasonable time and place nominated by the authorised
person—
(a) a document issued to the person under this Act or required to be
kept by the person under this Act; or
(b) if a document or information
required to be kept by a person under this Act is stored or recorded by means
of a device—a document that is a clear written reproduction of the stored or
recorded document or information.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) is a
"document production requirement" .
(3) For an electronic document,
compliance with the document production requirement requires the making
available or production of a clear written reproduction of the electronic
document.
(4) The authorised person may keep the document to copy it.
(5) If
the authorised person copies the document, or an entry in the document, the
authorised person may require the person responsible for keeping the document
to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry.
(6) A
requirement under subsection (5) is a
"document certification requirement" .
(7) The authorised person must return
the document to the person as soon as practicable after copying it.
(8)
However, if a document certification requirement is made of a person, the
authorised person may keep the document until the person complies with the
requirement.
