PART 3

THE COUNCIL

Information from third parties

Council’s power to require information
50A
1
The Council may, by notice in writing, require a person to provide it with information.
2
A notice under subsection (1) must specify—
a
the information required,
b
the timescale within which it is to be provided.
3
Where information is not provided in accordance with a notice under subsection (1), the Council may apply to the sheriff for an order requiring the person to provide the information within such time as the sheriff may order.
4
The sheriff may make an order under subsection (3) only if it appears to the sheriff that the information sought is relevant to the exercise of a function of the Council set out in this Part.
5
This section does not permit or require the provision of information in breach of a prohibition or restriction on the disclosure of information arising by virtue of an enactment or rule of law.
S. 50A and cross-heading inserted (7.1.2026) by Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 9), ss. 20(2), 39(2); S.S.I. 2025/388, reg. 2(1)(2), sch. Pt. 1