Part 4Inquiries and information
Information
I148Power to obtain information
1
The Regulator may, when making inquiries or otherwise for a purpose connected with its functions, require any person to provide it with any document or other information relating to—
a
a social landlord, or
b
a body which at the material time is or was connected to a registered social landlord or a local authority landlord.
2
A requirement must specify—
a
the document or other information which the person must provide, and
b
where and by when the person must provide it.
3
A requirement must not be made of a person other than the social landlord or connected body concerned unless—
a
the social landlord or connected body has already failed to comply with a requirement to provide the document or other information, or
b
the Regulator believes that the social landlord or connected body is unable to provide the document or other information.
4
This section does not authorise the Regulator to require—
a
the disclosure of anything which a person would be entitled to refuse to disclose on grounds of confidentiality in the Court of Session, or
b
a banker to disclose anything in breach of a duty of confidentiality owed to anyone other than the social landlord or connected body concerned (or any other body connected to the social landlord).
5
The Regulator may copy, or make extracts from, any document or other information it receives.