CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2003 - SECT 44 Power to require information or documents

CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2003 - SECT 44

S. 44(1) substituted by No. 27/2022 s. 34(1).

    (1)     For a purpose specified in subsection (1A), an authorised officer, by written notice, may require a person, within a reasonable period specified in the notice, to—

        (a)     give to the authorised officer any information that the authorised officer requires; or

        (b)     produce to the authorised officer any relevant document in the person's custody or control.

S. 44(1A) inserted by No. 27/2022 s. 34(1).

    (1A)     The following purposes are specified—

S. 44(1A)(a) amended by No. 27/2022 s. 72.

        (a)     investigating an application for a licence or an application to renew or vary a licence;

        (b)     monitoring or determining compliance with the child employment laws;

        (c)     investigating contraventions or possible contraventions of this Act and the regulations.

S. 44(2) amended by No. 27/2022 s. 34(2).

    (2)     An authorised officer may inspect, and make copies of or take extracts from, a document produced to the authorised officer under subsection (1).