http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/25/enactedTransport Act 2000Local GovernmentKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-08-03 Part IAir trafficChapter IAir traffic servicesEnforcementPower to obtain information 25 1 This section applies if it appears to the CAA that a licence holder may have contravened or may be contravening or is likely to contravene a section 8 duty or a licence condition. 2 For any purpose connected with such of the CAA’s functions under sections 20 and 21 as are exercisable in relation to the matter it may serve on any person a notice which— a requires the person to produce any documents which are specified or described in the notice and are in his custody or under his control, and to produce them at a time and place so specified and to a person so specified, or b requires the person to supply information specified or described in the notice, and to supply it at a time and place and in a form and manner so specified and to a person so specified. 3 A requirement may be made under subsection (2)(b) only if the person is carrying on a business. 4 No person may be required under this section— a to produce documents which he could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings in the court; b to supply information which he could not be compelled to supply in such proceedings. 5 If a person without reasonable excuse fails to do anything required of him by a notice under subsection (2) he is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. 6 If a person intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys a document which he has been required to produce by a notice under subsection (2) he is guilty of an offence and liable— a on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; b on conviction on indictment, to a fine. 7 If a person makes default in complying with a notice under subsection (2) the court may on the CAA’s application make such order as the court thinks fit for requiring the default to be made good. 8 An order under subsection (7) may provide that all the costs or expenses of and incidental to the application are to be borne— a by the person in default, or b if officers of a company or other association are responsible for its default, by those officers. 9 A reference to producing a document includes a reference to producing a legible and intelligible copy of information recorded otherwise than in legible form. 10 A reference to suppressing a document includes a reference to destroying the means of reproducing information recorded otherwise than in legible form. 11 A reference to the court is to— a the High Court in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland; b the Court of Session in relation to Scotland.