(1) If the Chief Executive Medicare believes on reasonable grounds that a person is capable of giving information that is relevant to determining:
(a) whether a subsidy is payable to a person under a scheme provided for under subsection 43(1); or
(b) the amount of a subsidy that is payable to a person under a scheme provided for under subsection 43(1);
the Chief Executive Medicare may request the person to give the Chief Executive Medicare the information.
Note: Failure to comply with the request is an offence (see section 45).
(2) The request:
(a) must be made in writing; and
(b) must state what information must be given to the Chief Executive Medicare; and
(c) may require the information to be verified by statutory declaration; and
(d) must specify a day on or before which the information must be given; and
(e) must contain a statement to the effect that a failure to comply with the request is an offence.
The day specified under paragraph (d) must be at least 28 days after the day on which the request is made.