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(1)The Scottish Ministers may appoint a person to carry out an inspection of the exercise of the functions of a local authority in relation to the provision of housing accommodation and related services.
(2)A person appointed to carry out an inspection under subsection (1) (an “inspector”) has a right of access at all reasonable times to—
(a)any premises of the local authority, and
(b)any document relating to the authority which appears to the inspector to be necessary for the purposes of the inspection.
(3)An inspector may—
(a)require a person holding or accountable for any such document to provide the inspector with such information and explanation as the inspector thinks necessary,
(b)require that person to attend before the inspector in person to give the information or explanation or to produce the document.
(4)The local authority must provide an inspector with every facility and all information which the inspector may reasonably require for the purposes of the inspection.
(5)An inspector must, if so required, produce written authorisation for the carrying out of the inspection.
(6)A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement of an inspector under this section is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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