PART 5Supplementary

Information

I172Power to require persons connected to premises to produce documents

1

The council may, by serving notice on a relevant person, require the person to produce to the council any documents which—

a

are specified or described in the notice, or fall within a category of document which is specified or described in the notice, and

b

are in the person's custody or under the person's control.

2

A notice under this section must—

a

specify a date, not less than 21 days after the date on which the notice is served, by which the documents must be produced,

b

specify a person to whom the documents must be produced, and

c

include information about the possible consequences of not complying with the notice.

3

A person to whom any document is produced in accordance with the notice may copy the document.

4

Nothing in this section requires a person to produce a document if the person would be entitled to refuse to produce it in proceedings in the High Court on grounds of legal professional privilege.

5

In this section—

  • “relevant person” has the same meaning as in section 71,

  • “document” includes information recorded otherwise than in legible form, and

in relation to information so recorded, any reference to the production of a document is a reference to the production of a copy of the information in legible form.