Private Health Insurance Act 2007

CHAPTER 5 - ENFORCEMENT  

PART 5-2 - GENERAL ENFORCEMENT METHODS  

Division 194 - Investigation of private health insurer ' s operations  

SECTION 194-10   NOTICE TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS  

194-10(1)    
The Minister may give a written notice to a person who is or who has been an ^[*]

To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule 1 .

officer, employee or agent of:

(a)    a private health insurer; or

(b)    an entity that was a private health insurer at any time in the year ending on the day on which the notice is given;

requiring the person to produce, at the time and place specified in the notice, records, books, accounts and other documents of the insurer that are in the person ' s custody or under the person ' s control and that relate to the area of the insurer ' s operations specified in the notice.

194-10(2)    
The person is not excused from producing a document on the ground that the production of the document might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty. However, the production of the document, or anything obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of the production, is not admissible in evidence against the person in any proceedings, other than proceedings for an offence against section 137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code .