C2C1Part 32Company investigations: amendments
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
1038Power to require production of documents
1
In section 434 of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) (production of documents and evidence to inspectors), for subsection (6) substitute—
6
In this section “document” includes information recorded in any form.
7
The power under this section to require production of a document includes power, in the case of a document not in hard copy form, to require the production of a copy of the document—
a
in hard copy form, or
b
in a form from which a hard copy can be readily obtained.
8
An inspector may take copies of or extracts from a document produced in pursuance of this section.
2
In section 447 of the Companies Act 1985 (power of Secretary of State to require documents and information), for subsection (9) substitute—
9
The power under this section to require production of a document includes power, in the case of a document not in hard copy form, to require the production of a copy of the document—
a
in hard copy form, or
b
in a form from which a hard copy can be readily obtained.
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))