Valid from 01/04/2015
17(1)A fitness assessment tribunal may require any person—S
(a)to attend its proceedings for the purpose of giving evidence,
(b)to produce documents in the person's custody or under the person's control.
(2)A person on whom such a requirement is imposed is not obliged to answer any question or produce any document which the person would be entitled to refuse to answer or produce in a court of law in Scotland.
18(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where a person on whom a requirement has been imposed under paragraph 17(1)—S
(a)refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse—
(i)to comply with the requirement,
(ii)while attending the tribunal proceedings to give evidence, to answer any question,
(b)deliberately alters, conceals or destroys any document which the person is required to produce.
(2)The Court of Session may, on an application made to it by the tribunal—
(a)make such order for enforcing compliance or otherwise as it thinks fit, or
(b)deal with the matter as if it were a contempt of the Court.