Taxation Administration Act 1953

PART IIIA - CO-OPERATION BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH AND STATE TAXATION AUTHORITIES  

Division 2 - Trans-border investigations  

SECTION 13G   COMMISSIONER MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE  

13G(1)   [Request in writing]  

Where, under section 13E , a matter is referred to the Commissioner for investigation, the Commissioner may, for the purposes of conducting the investigation in the Territory, by notice in writing, require any person, including any officer employed in or in connection with any department of a government or by any public authority:

(a) to furnish the Commissioner with such information as the Commissioner requires;

(b) to attend before the Commissioner, or before an officer authorised by the Commissioner for the purpose, at a time and place specified in the notice and there answer questions; and

(c) to produce to the Commissioner, or to an officer authorised by the Commissioner for the purpose, any documents in the custody or under the control of the person.

13G(2)   [Information verified or furnished on oath]  

The Commissioner may require the information or answers to be verified or furnished, as the case may be, on oath or affirmation and either orally or in writing, and for that purpose the Commissioner or an officer authorised by the Commissioner may administer an oath or affirmation.

13G(3)   [Oath as to truth of answers]  

The oath or affirmation to be taken or made by a person for the purposes of this section is an oath or affirmation that the information is or the answers will be true.

13G(4)   [Copies or extracts of documents]  

The Commissioner may cause copies to be made of, or extracts to be taken from, any documents that are produced pursuant to paragraph (1)(c).

13G(5)   [Attendance allowances]  

A person required pursuant to paragraph (1)(b) to attend before the Commissioner or an officer authorised by the Commissioner is entitled to payment of an allowance in respect of his or her expenses of an amount determined by the Commissioner in accordance with the regulations.