SCHEDULE 5Evidence and information

Power to require information or documents3

1

An authorised officer may request any person in, or resident in, the Territory to provide any information or to produce any document in the person’s possession or control which the officer may require for the purpose of—

a

securing compliance with or detecting evasion of this Order,

b

obtaining evidence of the commission of an offence under this Order,

c

establishing the nature and amount or quantity of any funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person, or

d

establishing the nature of any financial transactions entered into by a designated person.

2

When exercising the power in sub-paragraph (1), an authorised officer may—

a

take copies of or extracts from any document so produced,

b

request any person producing a document to give an explanation of it, and

c

where that person is a body corporate, request any person who is a present or past officer or employee of the body corporate to give such an explanation.

3

Any person to whom a request is made must comply with it within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the request.

4

Nothing in this paragraph is to be taken to require any person who has acted as counsel or solicitor for any person to disclose any privileged information or document in the person’s possession in that capacity.