Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, the National VET Regulator may request a person who is, or was, connected with an NVR registered training organisation or former registered training organisation, or with an organisation that holds itself out, or has at any time held itself out, as such an organisation:
(a) to give the Regulator the information specified in the request; or
(b) to produce to the Regulator the documents or things specified in the request;
if the Regulator has reason to believe that the person is capable of giving the information or producing the documents or things.
(2) The National VET Regulator may require that information to be provided under paragraph (1)(a) is to be provided in writing.
(3) The National VET Regulator's request must:
(a) be served on the person; and
(b) be in writing and signed by the Regulator; and
(c) specify the period within which the person must comply with the request.
(4) The period specified under paragraph (3)(c) must be at least 14 days after the notice is served on the person, or within such shorter period (but not less than 24 hours) as the National VET Regulator considers reasonably necessary.
(5) The person must:
(a) give the information; or
(b) produce the documents or things;
within the time specified in the request, or within such further time as the National VET Regulator allows.
Note: Failure to comply with a request is an offence, see section 64.