http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/section/52Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Act 2026enStatute Law Database2026-07-16Expert Participation2026-04-28 PART 5CHAPTER 1 52 1 The Welsh Ministers may issue a notice (an “information notice”) to a person mentioned in subsection (2), requiring that person to provide the Welsh Ministers with any information or document— a that is of a description specified in the notice, and b that the Welsh Ministers consider necessary or expedient for the purposes of exercising their functions under or by virtue of Parts 3 to 5 of this Act. 2 The persons to which the Welsh Ministers may issue an information notice are—  a a person that has been granted a visitor accommodation licence; b a person the Welsh Ministers consider may be providing or offering to provide, or may have provided or offered to provide regulated visitor accommodation; c a person that assists with or facilitates (or has assisted with or facilitated) the provision of regulated visitor accommodation by a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b). 3 A person issued an information notice must, if the person has access to the information or document in question, provide the information or document— a in the required form, and b on or before— i the date specified in the notice, or ii such other date as may be agreed by the person and the Welsh Ministers. 4 An information notice does not require a person to provide the Welsh Ministers with information or a document if disclosure of that information or document is prohibited by any enactment or other rule of law. 5 Information given by a person in response to an information notice may not be used in criminal proceedings against that person, but this does not apply— a if the proceedings are for an offence under section 54 (providing false or misleading information); b if the proceedings are for an offence of perverting the course of justice; c if, in the proceedings, evidence relating to the information is adduced by or on behalf of the person; d if, in the proceedings, a question relating to the information is asked by or on behalf of the person. 6 An information notice must include information about the consequences under section 53 of failing to comply with the notice. S. 52 in force at 4.3.2030, see s. 61(2)(b)