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Page 192 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 The Failure of Mr. Floyd Grindley to Respond to the Statutory Requisition of the Director of Investigation On February 27, 2019, the Director of Investigation (DI), by way of a statutory requisition, wrote to Mr. Floyd Grindley, former General Manager of Petrojam Limited, requiring that responses be provided to several questions which are material to the DI’s Investigation. The DI’s requisition required a response on or before March 8, 2019. The DI is in possession of information which indicates that Mr. Grindley is currently outside of the jurisdiction. Mr. Grindley has communicated to the DI that he required additional time to collate information and to obtain legal advice in relation to same, prior to the provision of his response to the DI. Mr. Grindley further advised the DI that he would be able to accurately and completely respond to the DI’s statutory requisition on or before May 31, 2019, despite several attempts by the DI to have the information provided before the date stated above. A further request for an extension of time to June 24, 2019 was received from Mr. Floyd Grindley on May 31, 2019. This was granted by the Director of Investigation on May 31, 2019 as a final extension of time. Upon the expiration of the referenced deadline of June 24, 2019, no response was submitted by Mr. Floyd Grindley and/or any other person acting on his behalf. Mr. Grindley’s response was provided to the DI on July 23, 2019, twenty-nine (29) days after the expiration of the referenced deadline pursuant to the DI’s statutory requisition. Having regard to Mr. Grindley’s failure to comply with the Director of Investigation’s statutory requisition, consideration must be given to whether his actions constituted a breach of the provisions of Section 48(3) of the Integrity Commission Act , which states that: “ For the purposes of an investigation, the Director of Investigation shall have the same powers as a Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of the Commissions of Enquiry Act in respect of the attendance and examination of witnesses and the production of documents and the provisions of sections