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Counter-Inflation Act 1973

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15Power to obtain information

(1)The Minister, or either Agency, may for the purposes of this Act by notice require any person—

(a)to furnish, whether by periodical returns or by other means, such estimates or other information as may be specified or described in the notice, or

(b)to produce to an officer of the Minister, or of either Agency, being an officer duly authorised for the purpose, any documents so specified or described.

(2)The Minister may for the purposes of this Act by order—

(a)require any class or description of persons specified in the order to furnish to the Minister, or to either Agency, such periodical or other returns containing estimates or other information as may be so specified or described, or

(b)require any person carrying on a business, or any class or description of persons who carry on a business, to keep such records as may be so specified or described.

(3)A notice or order under this section may specify the way in which, and the time within which, it is to be complied with and, in the case of a notice requiring the production of documents, the facilities to be afforded for making extracts from, or taking copies of, the documents.

(4)Nothing in this section shall be taken to require a person who has acted as counsel or solicitor for any person to disclose any privileged communication made to him in that capacity.

(5)A notice or order given or made under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent notice or order so given or made, and an order under this section shall be contained in a statutory instrument.

(6)This section shall have effect only during any period in which Part II of this Act is in force; but the power conferred by subsection (1) above shall continue to be exercisable, at any time when Part II has ceased to be in force, for the purpose of acquiring information or documents in relation to the bringing of proceedings for an offence under Part II or the doing of anything preparatory, or with a view, to the bringing of such proceedings.

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