Inquiries and default powersN.I.
51.—(1) The Department may cause such local or other inquiries to be held or investigations to be made as the Department thinks expedient for the purposes of this Order.
(2) If the Department, after causing a local or other inquiry to be held or an investigation to be made, is satisfied that the Authority has failed to discharge any of its functions, the Department may make an order—
(a)declaring the Authority to be in default; and
(b)directing it, for the purpose of remedying the default, to take such action, within such period, as is specified in the order.
(3) If an order under paragraph (2) is not complied with, the Department may by order empower an officer of the Department to exercise, or procure the exercise of, the function in question.