PETROLEUM ACT 1998 - SECT 213 Power of inspector to require information or documents

PETROLEUM ACT 1998 - SECT 213

    (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 is reasonably necessary to determine whether this Act has been contravened or whether there exists a risk of a kind referred to in section 200(1), 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:     240 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:     240 penalty units.