PART 2

REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 3

REGULATION

Inspection

Inspector’s powers to require provision of documents or information: supplemental
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After paragraph 19E of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1996 insert—

Inspector’s powers to require provision of documents or information: supplemental
19F
1
A requirement does not require a person to disclose anything which the person would be entitled to refuse to disclose on grounds of legal professional privilege in proceedings in the High Court.
2
A requirement does not require a banker to breach a duty of confidentiality owed to a person who is not—
a
the registered social landlord to whose affairs or activities the document or information relates,
b
a subsidiary of that landlord, or
c
an associate of that landlord.
3
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 19E(4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
4
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 19E(5) is liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
b
on conviction on indictment, to—
i
imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years,
ii
a fine, or
iii
both.
5
Proceedings for an offence under paragraph 19E(4) or (5) may be brought only by or with the consent of—
a
the Welsh Ministers, or
b
the Director of Public Prosecutions.