PART 4Financial redress: redress payments

CHAPTER 6Provision of information and evidence

81Redress Scotland's power in relation to information and evidence

(1)

Redress Scotland may ask the Scottish Ministers to—

(a)

issue a notice under section 79,

(b)

issue a notice under section 80,

(c)

provide Redress Scotland with specified information, documents, objects, other items of evidence or evidence in the form of a written statement.

(2)

The Scottish Ministers must comply with a request under subsection (1)(a) or (b) before the end of the period of 4 weeks beginning with the date on which the request was received by them.

(3)

The Scottish Ministers must comply with a request under subsection (1)(c) before the end of such period as Redress Scotland specifies in relation to the request (which may not be less than 4 weeks beginning with the date on which the request was received by them).