# The Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 15: Power to obtain information


(1) If the Secretary of State considers that, for the purpose of deciding whether—
(a) to serve, vary or revoke a prohibition notice; or
(b) to serve or revoke a notice to warn,
information is required which another person is likely to be able to provide, the Secretary of State may serve on the other person a notice under this paragraph.
(2) A notice served on any person under this paragraph may require that person—
(a) to provide to the Secretary of State such information as is specified in the notice, within a period so specified;
(b) to produce such records as are specified in the notice at a time and place so specified and to permit a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose to take copies of the records at that time and place.
(3) A person shall be guilty of an offence if the person—
(a) fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with a notice served on that person under this paragraph; or
(b) in purporting to comply with a requirement which by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(a) is contained in such a notice—
(i) provides information which the person knows is false in a material particular, or
(ii) recklessly provides information which is false in a material particular.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) shall—
(a) in the case of an offence under paragraph (a) of that sub-paragraph, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;
(b) in the case of an offence under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph, be liable—
(i) on conviction on indictment, to a fine,
(ii) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348213577/schedule/3/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-construction-products-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2020/schedule-3/paragraph-15
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