Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) An authorised
person, for compliance purposes, may do any of the following —
(a)
direct a person —
(i)
to give such information as the authorised person
requires; or
(ii)
to answer a question put to the person,
in relation to any
matter the subject of the compliance purposes;
(b)
direct a person to produce a relevant record in the person’s custody or
under the person’s control;
(c)
examine and make a copy of a relevant record produced in response to a
direction under paragraph (b).
(2) A direction under
subsection (1)(a) —
(a) must
specify the time at or within which the information or answer must be given;
and
(b) may
require that the information or answer —
(i)
be given orally or in writing; or
(ii)
be given at or delivered to a place specified in the
direction; or
(iii)
in the case of written information or a written answer,
be delivered by means specified in the direction; or
(iv)
be verified by statutory declaration.
(3) A direction under
subsection (1)(b) —
(a) must
be in writing given to the person required to produce the relevant record; and
(b) must
specify the time at or within which the relevant record must be produced; and
(c) may
require that the relevant record be produced —
(i)
at a place specified in the direction; and
(ii)
by any means specified in the direction.