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.