(1) The Inspector-General for Emergency Management, by written notice, may require a relevant agency to give to the Inspector-General for Emergency Management any information that the Inspector-General for Emergency Management reasonably believes is necessary for the purposes of performing the function specified in sections 64(1)(b), (c), (f) or (g).
(2) Within 28 days of receiving a notice under subsection (1), the relevant agency must give the information to the Inspector-General for Emergency Management, unless—
(a) the Inspector-General for Emergency Management has agreed to allow an extension of time for the giving of the information; or
(b) the Inspector-General for Emergency Management has agreed that the relevant agency is not able to give the information.
(3) If the Inspector-General for Emergency Management reasonably believes that it is urgent that information required to be given under a notice under subsection (1), be given within a lesser time than that specified in subsection (2), the Inspector-General for Emergency Management may specify a lesser period for the giving of the information and the information must be given within the period so specified.
(4) If the Inspector-General for Emergency Management has agreed to allow an extension of time under subsection (2), the relevant agency must give the information to the Inspector-General for Emergency Management within the time agreed on.
(5) In this section and section 70, "relevant agency" means any of the following—
(a) an agency or Department;
(b) the Emergency Management Commissioner;
(c) the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority;
(d) any other public entity within the meaning of section 5 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;
(e) any non-government body or organisation prescribed for the purposes of this section.