Part IIIOther functions of the Commission and the Council
The Commission
47Power of the Commission to require information
1
The Commission may, for any relevant purpose, serve notice on any person requiring him—
a
to produce any documents which are specified or described in the notice and are in that person’s custody or under his control, and
b
to produce them at a time and place so specified and to a person so specified.
2
The Commission may, for any relevant purpose, serve notice on any person who carries on any business requiring him—
a
to supply to the Commission such information as may be specified or described in the notice, and
b
to supply it at a time and place and in a form and manner so specified and to a person so specified.
3
The person to whom any document is produced in accordance with a notice under this section may, for any relevant purpose, copy the document so produced.
4
No person shall be required under this section—
a
to produce any documents which he could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings before the court, or
b
to supply any information which he could not be compelled to supply in evidence in such proceedings.
5
Any reference in this section to the production of a document includes a reference to the production of a legible and intelligible copy of information recorded otherwise than in legible form.
6
In this section—
“the court”—
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in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland, means the High Court, and
- b
in relation to Scotland, means the Court of Session,
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“relevant purpose” means any purpose connected with—
- a
the investigation of an offence under section 6 or any proceedings for such an offence, or
- b
the exercise of the Commission’s functions under section 22, 23, 24, 30, 42 or 44(4) or (5).
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