Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Fundraising Appeals Act 1998 - SECT 59

Power of inspector to require information or documents

59. Power of inspector to require information or documents



(1) An inspector who-

   (a)  exercises a power of entry under this Act; and

   (b)  produces her or his identity card for inspection by a person-

may, to the extent that it is reasonably necessary to determine whether
this Act has been contravened, require the person to give information to the
inspector, to produce documents to the inspector and to give reasonable
assistance to the inspector.

(2) A person must not refuse or fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply
with a requirement made under subsection (1).

Penalty: 200 penalty units.

(3) A person must not, in response to a request under this Division-

   (a)  give information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a
        material detail; or

   (b)  produce a document that the person knows to be false or misleading in
        a material detail without indicating the respect in which it is false
        or misleading and, if practicable, providing correct information.

Penalty: 300 penalty units.