24AB   Government agencies to provide information, documents and evidence

(1)  For the purposes referred to in section 24AA, the Chairperson may, by notice in writing served on an officer of the government agency to which a determination relates, require the officer to do any one or more of the following:

(a)  to send to the Tribunal, on or before a day specified in the notice, a statement setting out such information as is so specified,

(b)  to send to the Tribunal, on or before a day specified in the notice, such documents as are so specified,

(c)  to attend a meeting of the Tribunal to give evidence.

(2)  If documents are given to the Tribunal under this section, the Tribunal:

(a)  may take possession of, and make copies of or take extracts from, the documents, and

(b)  may keep possession of the documents for such period as is necessary for those purposes, and

(c)  during that period must permit them to be inspected at all reasonable times by persons who would be entitled to inspect them if they were not in the possession of the Tribunal.