Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES AUTHORITY ACT 2017 (NO. 2, 2017) - SECT 53

Scope

             (1)  This section applies to a person if the Authority has reason to believe that the person has information or a document that is relevant to the performance of a function conferred on the Authority by paragraph 12(1)(d), (e), (f), (s), (t) or (u).

Requirement

             (2)  The Authority may, by written notice given to the person, require the person:

                     (a)  to give to the Authority, within the period and in the manner and form specified in the notice, any such information; or

                     (b)  to produce to the Authority, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such documents; or

                     (c)  to make copies of any such documents and to produce to the Authority, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies.

             (3)  A period specified under subsection (2) must not be shorter than 14 days after the notice is given.

             (4)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the Authority has given a notice to the person under subsection (2); and

                     (b)  the person engages in conduct; and

                     (c)  the person's conduct contravenes a requirement in the notice.

Penalty:  30 penalty units.

             (5)  A notice under subsection (2) must set out the effect of:

                     (a)  subsection (4); and

                     (b)  sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code .