Part 3Provision of information on sale of house
Enforcement
I1110Power to require production of prescribed documents
1
An authorised officer of an enforcement authority may require a person who appears to the officer to be or to have been subject to the duty under section 98, 99(1) or 101(2) in relation to a house to produce for inspection a copy of any prescribed document in relation to the house.
2
The power conferred by subsection (1) includes power—
a
to require the production in a legible documentary form of any document which is held in electronic form, and
b
to take copies of any document produced for inspection.
3
A requirement under this section may not be made more than 6 months after the last day on which the person concerned appeared to the officer to be subject to the duty under section 98, 99(1) or 101(2) in relation to the house.
4
A person subject to a requirement under this section must comply with it within the period of 7 days beginning with the day after that on which it is made.
5
But a person need not comply with the requirement if the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.