§ 76 — Power to obtain information

76.—(1) The powers in this section may be exercised only in relation to any of the following:(a)

any licensee;

(b)

any employee or former employee of a licensee.

(2) An authorised officer may by written notice require any person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide, within a reasonable period specified in the notice, and in the form and manner that may be specified in the notice, all information and all documents or material which —(a)

relate to any matter which the LTA or authorised officer considers necessary for any of the purposes of section 73(1); and

(b)

are —(i)

within the knowledge of that person; or

(ii)

in the custody or under the control of the person.

(3) The power to require a person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide any information or any document or material under that subsection includes the power —(a)

to require that person to produce or grant access to the information or document or material;

(b)

to require that person to provide an explanation of the information or document or material;

(c)

if the information or document or material is not produced, to require the person to state, to the best of the knowledge and belief of that person, where it is; and

(d)

if the information or material is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information or material to be made available to an authorised officer concerned in legible form.

(4) An authorised officer is entitled without payment to keep for the purposes of section 73(1) any information or document or material, or any copy or extract thereof, provided to him or her under subsection (2).

—(1) The powers in this section may be exercised only in relation to any of the following:(a)

any licensee;

(b)

any employee or former employee of a licensee.

(2) An authorised officer may by written notice require any person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide, within a reasonable period specified in the notice, and in the form and manner that may be specified in the notice, all information and all documents or material which —(a)

relate to any matter which the LTA or authorised officer considers necessary for any of the purposes of section 73(1); and

(b)

are —(i)

within the knowledge of that person; or

(ii)

in the custody or under the control of the person.

(3) The power to require a person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide any information or any document or material under that subsection includes the power —(a)

to require that person to produce or grant access to the information or document or material;

(b)

to require that person to provide an explanation of the information or document or material;

(c)

if the information or document or material is not produced, to require the person to state, to the best of the knowledge and belief of that person, where it is; and

(d)

if the information or material is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information or material to be made available to an authorised officer concerned in legible form.

(4) An authorised officer is entitled without payment to keep for the purposes of section 73(1) any information or document or material, or any copy or extract thereof, provided to him or her under subsection (2).