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<Text>After section 81 of the 2000 Act insert—</Text>
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<Text>The Public Guardian may, when carrying out an investigation under section 6(2)(c) or (d) or inquiries under section 30B(2)—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>require any person falling within subsection (2) to provide the Public Guardian with—</Text>
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<Text>the person’s records of the exercise of the person’s powers in relation to the adult to whom the investigation relates; and</Text>
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<Text>such other information relating to the exercise of those powers as the Public Guardian may reasonably require,</Text>
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<Text>require any person who holds (or who has held) funds on behalf of the adult to whom the investigation relates to provide the Public Guardian with—</Text>
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<Text>A person falls within this subsection if the person is or has been—</Text>
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<Text>a withdrawer with authority to intromit with that adult’s funds;</Text>
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<Text>A fundholder may charge a reasonable fee for complying with a requirement under subsection (1)(b) and may recover that fee from the account concerned.</Text>
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