Part 1The National Consumer Council

Information

I128Exemptions from requirements to provide information

1

The Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing—

a

descriptions of persons to whom the Council may not give a notice under section 24(1);

b

descriptions of information which a person may refuse to supply in accordance with a notice under section 24(1) or 27(1);

c

circumstances in which a person may refuse to comply with such a notice.

2

No person may be required by a notice under section 24(1) or 27(1) or a court order under section 26—

a

to provide any information which that person could not be compelled to supply in evidence in civil proceedings before the High Court or the Court of Session, or

b

to produce any document which that person could not be compelled to produce in such proceedings.