63Provision of advice and assistance by or to an appointed personU.K.
(1)An appointed person must provide to the Secretary of State, or to any other person, any advice or assistance that the Secretary of State requires the appointed person to provide in connection with any functions conferred on the Secretary of State by or under this Act.
(2)A requirement imposed under subsection (1) to provide advice or assistance in connection with a function may be expressed so as to operate as a continuing requirement on the appointed person to provide advice or assistance in connection with that function.
(3)Where under subsection (1) the Secretary of State—
(a)requires an appointed person to provide advice or assistance to a person other than the Secretary of State, but
(b)does not undertake to pay the appointed person the cost of doing so,
the appointed person may refuse to do so until the other person pays to the appointed person any reasonable charges in respect of the advice or assistance that the appointed person determines.
(4)An appointed person is entitled to recover from the Secretary of State a sum equal to any expense reasonably incurred by the person in providing the Secretary of State with advice or assistance in response to a requirement imposed under subsection (1).
(5)A reference to the Secretary of State in subsections (1) to (4) includes a reference to an appointed person other than one required to provide the advice or assistance.
(6)The Secretary of State may provide advice or assistance to an appointed person, at the person's request, in connection with any functions conferred on the person by or under this Act.
(7)The Secretary of State is entitled to recover from an appointed person a sum equal to any expense reasonably incurred by the Secretary of State in providing the person with advice or assistance under subsection (6).
Commencement Information
I1S. 63 in force at 29.7.2021 by S.I. 2021/817, reg. 2, Sch. para. 103 (with reg. 3)