# Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, Section 284: Power to require production of certificates or statements

Status: prospective

(1) Subsection (2) applies if an authorised officer of an enforcement authority believes that a person is, or has been, subject to a duty imposed by virtue of section 279 to supply a certificate or statement in relation to a particular property.
(2) The officer may require the person to produce for inspection a copy of the certificate or statement.
(3) The power conferred by subsection (2) includes power—
(a) to require the production of a legible hard copy of any certificate or statement which is held in electronic form, and
(b) to take copies of any hard copy produced for inspection.
(4) A requirement under this section may not be imposed more than 6 months after the last day for supplying the certificate or statement concerned in pursuance of the duty imposed by virtue of section 279.
(5) A person is not required to comply with a requirement under this section if the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with the requirement.
(6) Subject to this, a person subject to such a requirement must comply with it within the period of 7 days beginning with the day after that on which it is imposed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/284 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-284
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