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SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION ACT 2021 (NO. 37 OF 2021) - SECT 97

Offence to fail to comply with notice to attend

    (1)     A person to whom a notice to attend under section 96 is given must not refuse or fail to comply with the notice without reasonable excuse.

Penalty:         300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate;

    60 penalty units, in any other case.

    (2)     It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to refuse or fail to comply with a notice to attend if—

        (a)     producing a document or thing specified in the notice would tend to incriminate the individual; or

        (b)     producing the document or thing would be a breach of legal professional privilege or client legal privilege.

    (3)     A document or thing produced as a result of a notice to attend is not admissible in evidence against the individual in any criminal proceeding.



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