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CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 71A Power of Board to compel production of documents and other things or attendance of witnesses

CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 71A

Power of Board to compel production of documents and other things or attendance of witnesses

    (1)     For the purposes of obtaining evidence and informing itself in the performance of its functions, the Board may serve written notice

on a person requiring the person to—

        (a)     produce a specified document or other thing to the Board before a specified time and in the specified manner; or

        (b)     attend a meeting of the Board at a specified time and place to produce a specified document or other thing; or

        (c)     attend a meeting of the Board at a specified time and place, and from then on from day to day until excused, to give evidence; or

        (d)     attend a meeting of the Board at a specified time and place, and from then on from day to day until excused, to give evidence and to produce a specified document or other thing.

    (2)     A notice under subsection (1)—

        (a)     must be in the prescribed form (if any); and

        (b)     must contain the following information—

              (i)     a statement outlining the provisions of section 71H;

              (ii)     examples of what may constitute a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the notice;

              (iii)     how the person may object to the notice;

              (iv)     any other prescribed information; and

        (c)     must be served in accordance with section 71C.

S. 71B inserted by No. 41/2015 s. 6.