Regulation 6 Information relevant to court proceedings or enforcement action

(1)

The Authority, a licence holder or the Council may refuse to supply under section 24 or 26 of the Act any information whose disclosure would constitute or be punishable as a contempt of court.

(2)

The Authority, a licence holder or the Council may refuse to supply under section 24 or 26 of the Act any information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice any criminal proceedings.

(3)

The Authority or a licence holder may refuse to supply under section 24 of the Act any information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice—

(a)

any action under sections 28 (orders for securing compliance) or 30A^f1 (penalties) of the Gas Act 1986; or

(b)

any action under sections 25 (orders for securing compliance) or 27A^f2 (penalties) of the Electricity Act 1989.

(4)

A licence holder may refuse to supply information under section 24 of the Act which the licence holder could not be compelled to give as evidence in civil proceedings or which is contained in documents or records which the licence holder could not be compelled to produce in evidence in any such proceedings.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 30A was inserted by section 95 of the Utilities Act 2000.
f2: Section 27A was inserted by section 59 of the Utilities Act 2000.