85 Powers to call for information or documents
  • (1) If the conditions stated in subsection (2) are satisfied, a Committee may, by notice in writing, require any person to produce to the Committee any papers, documents, records, or things.

    (2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are that—

    • (a) the members of the Committee believe, on reasonable grounds, that the exercise of the powers conferred by that subsection is necessary to enable the Committee to carry out its inquiry; and

    • (b) the person to whom a notice under that subsection is to be given has failed to comply with a previous request to produce to the Committee, within a reasonable time, the papers, documents, records, or things required by the notice; and

    • (c) the members of the Committee believe, on reasonable grounds, that—

      • (i) it is not reasonably practicable to obtain the information required by the Committee from another source; or

      • (ii) for the purposes of the investigation, it is necessary to obtain the papers, documents, records, or things to verify or refute information obtained from another source.

    Compare: 2003 No 48 s 77