PART 2FIRE SAFETY IN CERTAIN HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
Provision of information and documents relating to relevant HMOs
87Requirement for duty holder to give information and documents to other persons
(1)
The Welsh Ministers may by regulations require a duty holder for a relevant HMO to give relevant information specified in the regulations, or a relevant document specified in the regulations, to—
(a)
the fire safety authority for the relevant HMO;
(b)
occupiers of the relevant HMO;
(c)
any other person specified in the regulations.
(2)
The regulations may, in particular, make provision about—
(a)
when relevant information or a relevant document must be given;
(b)
how it must be given;
(c)
the form in which it must be given.
(3)
The regulations may impose requirements subject to conditions or exceptions.
(4)
The regulations may, in particular—
(a)
provide that a duty holder is required to give relevant information or a relevant document to a person only if the person has requested it;
(b)
make provision about how a request is to be made.
(5)
Where regulations under this section require relevant information or a relevant document to be given to a fire safety authority, they may make provision about the admissibility of the information or document in any criminal proceedings.
(6)
In this section, information and documents are “relevant” if they relate to the relevant HMO.