Regulation 26 Inspection of documents by authorities
The right conferred by this regulation shall be exercisable—
during the shadow period, by a shadow authority (if any); and
between the preliminary date and the reorganisation date, by a local authority which is to become a transferee authority—
against an authority which is to become a transferor authority.
An authority shall have the right, through a duly authorised officer and for the purposes of its functions or prospective functions, at all reasonable times to inspect and take copies of any books, documents, papers or records of whatever description, wherever held and in whatever form.
The authority against which the right is exercised shall supply all such information and assistance as may reasonably be required for, in, and in relation to, the exercise of the right.