Section 44 Provision of information to the CommissionerI1

F1The Authority and the chief constable must, at such times, in such circumstances and in accordance with such requirements as may be set out in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers, provide the Commissioner with all such information and documents as may be specified or described in regulations so made.

F2The Authority and the chief constable must—

as appear to the Commissioner to be required by the Commissioner for the purposes of the carrying out of any of the Commissioner's functions.

Anything falling to be provided or produced by F4the Authority or the chief constable in pursuance of a requirement imposed under subsection (2) must be provided or produced in such form, in such manner and within such period as may be specified in—

Nothing in this section requires F5the Authority or the chief constable to provide the Commissioner with any information or document, or to produce any other thing, before the earliest time at which it is practicable for F6the Authority or, as the case may be, the chief constable to do so.

A requirement imposed by any notification or regulations under this section may authorise or require information or documents to which it relates to be provided to the Commissioner electronically.

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision authorising or requiring the Authority or the chief constable to provide information and documents to the Commissioner in accordance with subsection (1) or (2) by giving the Commissioner, in such circumstances and in accordance with such requirements as may be set out in the regulations, access to an electronic storage system on which they are stored.