Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 124 of 1989 - SECT 161

161. (1) The Registrar may, where it is reasonably necessary for the purposes
of this Act, by written notice, require a person:

   (a)  to give to the Registrar, within a reasonable period (being a period
        of not less than 7 days), and in a reasonable manner, specified in the
        notice, such information as the Registrar requires; and

   (b)  to attend before the Registrar, or before an officer authorised by the
        Registrar for the purpose, at a reasonable time and place specified in
        the notice, and then and there answer questions; and

   (c)  to produce to the Registrar, at a reasonable time and place specified
        in the notice, any documents in the custody or under the control of
        the person.

(2) The regulations must prescribe scales of expenses to be allowed to persons
required to attend under this section.

(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with a
requirement made under subsection (1) to the extent that the person is capable
of doing so is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 6 months.

(4) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to comply with a
requirement under subsection (1) if complying with the requirement may tend to
incriminate the person.

(5) A requirement made of a person under subsection (1) may not relate to the
non-financial affairs of another person.