Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An authorised
officer may, by notice signed by him, require a person whom he believes to be
capable of giving information relevant to a claim for a payment under this Act
or an Act of another State relating to subsidy in respect of the sale of
liquefied petroleum gas or the purchase of liquefied petroleum gas or naptha
to attend before him at the time and place specified in the notice and there
to answer questions and produce to him such accounts, books, documents and
other records in relation to the claim as are referred to in the notice.
(2) The authorised
officer may make and retain copies of, or take extracts from, any accounts,
books, documents or other records produced in pursuance of this section.
(3) A person is not
excused from answering a question or producing any accounts, books, documents,
or other records when required so to do under this section on the ground that
the answer to the question, or the production of the accounts, books,
documents or other records, might tend to incriminate him or make him liable
to a penalty: but his answer to any such question is not admissible in
evidence against him in proceedings other than proceedings for an offence
against section 16(1)(c) or (3).