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Serious Fraud Office Act 1990

General provisions relating to warrants and exercise of powers under Parts 1 and 2 - General provisions relating to exercise of powers under Parts 1 and 2

18: Form and content of notices

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"What to expect when you get a notice from the Serious Fraud Office"

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You get a notice under section 5 or section 9. It must be in the prescribed form. You need to know what the notice is about. The notice tells you what to do. When you get a notice, it might not say exactly what information or document is needed. It can describe it in a general way or by what type it is. The notice also tells you when you need to do something. If you have to go to see the Director, the notice tells you that. It also says you can take a barrister or solicitor with you if you want to. The notice informs you of the circumstances when the Director can apply for a search warrant. It also tells you about any relevant offences that are set out in section 45 or section 46. You can look at section 5, section 9, section 6, or section 10 to learn more. You can also look at section 45 or section 46 for more information about offences.

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18Form and content of notices

  1. Every notice under section 5 or section 9 shall be in the prescribed form.

  2. Any information or document shall be sufficiently specified in any such notice if the information or document is described—

  3. in a general rather than a specific way; or
    1. by reference only to its class, nature, content, or effect.

      1. The time at which any thing is required to be done shall be sufficiently specified in any such notice if the time is described as—

      2. forthwith; or
        1. any other stated time.

          1. Every such notice that requires attendance before the Director shall inform the person to whom it is addressed that that person may, if that person so wishes, be accompanied by a barrister or a solicitor.

          2. Every notice under section 5 or section 9 shall inform the person to whom it is addressed—

          3. of the relevant circumstances in which the Director may apply for a search warrant pursuant to section 6 or section 10 (as appropriate):
            1. of any relevant offences that are set out in section 45 or section 46.