Section 43 Power to obtain information and carry out inspectionsI1I2

The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 is modified as follows.

In section 52 (power to obtain information), for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3)

Any requirement for a person to provide information in accordance with a notice under subsection (1) does not have effect to the extent that the person would be entitled to refuse to provide the information in, or for the purposes of, proceedings in a court in Scotland.”.

In section 53 (power to carry out inspections), for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3)

Any requirement for a person to give information in accordance with subsection (2)(d)(i) does not have effect to the extent that the person would be entitled to refuse to give the information in, or for the purposes of, proceedings in a court in Scotland.”.