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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 61U

Notice to produce or attend

    (1)     A notice to produce or attend may require a person—

        (a)     to produce a specified document to the Information Commissioner by or before a specified time and in a specified manner; or

        (b)     to attend at a specified time and place on a specified date to produce documents to the Information Commissioner; or

        (c)     to attend an examination before the Information Commissioner to give evidence and to produce documents at a specified time and place on a specified date; or

        (d)     to attend the Information Commissioner at a specified time and place to produce a specified document.

S. 61U(1A) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 143.

    (1A)     A notice to produce or attend may specify that attendance required under the notice is to be by means of audio visual link or audio link and in a specified manner.

S. 61U(1B) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 143.

    (1B)     A notice that provides for attendance as described in subsection (1A)—

        (a)     need not specify a place for attendance; and

        (b)     if any documents are to be produced, may specify that those documents are to be produced by secure electronic means and in a specified manner.

    (2)     A notice under this section must contain the following information—

        (a)     a statement that—

              (i)     failure to comply with the notice without reasonable excuse may be an offence; and

              (ii)     includes the maximum penalty for that offence;

        (b)     examples of what may constitute a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the notice.

S. 61V inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 66.



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