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63Requiring certain persons to give information etc.#
(1)This section applies to a person if TEQSA believes on reasonable grounds that:
(a)the person is, or was, connected with:
(i)a regulated entity; or
(ii)a former regulated entity; and
(b)the person is capable of giving or producing information, a document or a thing relevant to TEQSA’s function in paragraph 134(1)(c) (about investigating compliance with this Act).
(1A)This section also applies to a person if TEQSA believes on reasonable grounds that the person is capable of giving or producing information, or a document or a thing, relating to a matter that constitutes, or may constitute, a contravention of section 114A or 114B.
(2)TEQSA may, by written notice given to the person, require the person:
(a)to give TEQSA the information; or
(b)to produce to TEQSA the document or thing; or
(c)to make copies of the document and to produce to TEQSA those copies;
within the period and in the manner specified in the notice.
(3)The notice must:
(a)not specify a period shorter than 14 days after the notice is given, unless TEQSA reasonably considers that a shorter period is necessary that is at least 24 hours after the notice is given; and
(b)set out the effect of section 64.
(4)Subsection (1) does not apply to:
(a)a lawyer who is acting, or has acted, for the regulated entity or former regulated entity; or
(c)documents or things relating to national security.
(5)Subsection (1A) does not apply to:
(a)a lawyer who is acting, or has acted, for a person who is suspected of contravening, or has contravened, section 114A or 114B; or
(c)documents or things relating to national security.
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