Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SMALL BUSINESS AND FAMILY ENTERPRISE OMBUDSMAN ACT 2015 - SECT 47

  (1)   If the Ombudsman reasonably believes that a person has, or could take reasonable steps to obtain, information or documents relevant to the inquiry, the Ombudsman may, by notice, require the person to send to the Ombudsman:

  (a)   a statement setting out the specified information; and

  (b)   specified documents.

  (2)   The notice must:

  (a)   be in writing; and

  (b)   specify the period within which the statement and documents referred to in subsection   (1) must be sent to the Ombudsman; and

  (c)   be served on the person.

  (3)   The period specified in the notice must be a period of at least 10 business days commencing on the day the notice is served.

  (4)   A person who is served a notice under this section must comply with the notice.

Penalty:   30 penalty units.

  (5)   A person is not subject to a requirement under subsection   (4) if:

  (a)   the person does not have the information or document required; and

  (b)   the person has taken all reasonable steps available to the person to obtain the information or document required and has been unable to obtain it.