Regulation 8 Power to request information relating to enforcement action
England and Wales
For the purpose of carrying out its function under regulation 7 in relation to any enforcement authority the Agency may require a person mentioned in paragraph (2) —
to provide the Agency with any information which it has reasonable cause to believe that person is able to give; or
to make available to the Agency for inspection any records which it has reasonable cause to believe are held by that person or otherwise within his control (and, if they are kept in computerised form, to make them available in a legible form).
A requirement under paragraph (1) may be imposed on —
the enforcement authority or any member, officer or employee of the authority; or
a person subject to any duty under relevant audit legislation (being a duty enforceable by an enforcement authority) or any officer or employee of such a person.
The Agency may copy any records made available to it in pursuance of a requirement under paragraph (1)(b).
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).
- F2
S.I. 2003/2901.
- F3
S.I. 1972/1811.
- F4
S.I. 1999/2027.
- F5
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).