Part 8Enforcement of certain consumer legislation

Information

225 Other enforcers

1

This section applies to—

a

every general enforcer (other than the OFT);

b

every designated enforcer which is a public body.

2

An enforcer to which this section applies may for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (3) give notice to any person requiring the person to provide the enforcer with the information specified in the notice.

3

The purposes are—

a

to enable the enforcer to exercise or to consider whether to exercise any function it has under this Part;

b

to ascertain whether a person has complied with or is complying with an enforcement order or an interim enforcement order made on the application of the enforcer or an undertaking given under section 217(9) or 218(10) (as the case may be) following such an application or an undertaking given to the enforcer under section 219.