# The Public Services Reform (Joint Inspections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011, Regulation 5: Power to require information


(1) If an authorised person considers it necessary or expedient for the purposes of the joint inspection, the authorised person may—
(a) inspect, remove from the premises and take copies of information; and
(b) request delivery of information and make copies of that information.
(2) The powers in this regulation include—
(a) power to require any person holding or accountable for information to produce it; and
(b) in relation to electronically stored information, power to require it to be produced in a form which is acceptable to the authorised person and which can be removed from the premises.
(3) When inspecting information an authorised person is entitled to have access to any computer and associated apparatus or material which is or has been used in connection with that information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111011942/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-joint-inspections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-5
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