New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES ACT 2007 - SECT 51A

51A Power of authorised officers to require answers

(1) An authorised officer may, by notice in writing, direct a person whom the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds to have knowledge of matters about which the authorised officer requires information in connection with the exercise of the authorised officer's functions--

(a) to answer questions in relation to those matters, and

(b) if a meeting with the authorised officer is reasonably necessary to enable questions in relation to those matters to be properly asked and answered, to meet with the authorised officer to answer such questions.

(2) The Secretary may, by notice in writing, direct a corporation to nominate, in writing and within a specified time, a director or officer of the corporation to represent the corporation for the purpose of answering any such questions.

(3) Answers given by the nominated person bind the corporation.

(4) The place and time at which a person may be directed to attend under subsection (1) (b) is to be--

(a) a place or time nominated by the person, or

(b) if the place and time so nominated is unreasonable in the circumstances or if the person fails to nominate a place and time, a place and time nominated by the authorised officer.

(5) An authorised officer may record any questions and answers under this section if the person to be questioned has been informed that the record is to be made.

(6) A record may be made by any method, including sound or video recording.

(7) A copy of any such record must be provided to the person who is questioned as soon as practicable after the record is made.