Section 174A(1)

Every power conferred on a relevant authority by or under this Act (however expressed) to require the provision or production of information or documents includes the power— to require information to be provided or produced in such form as the authority may specify, including, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in a legible form, in a legible form; to take copies of, or extracts from, any documents provided or produced by virtue of the exercise of the power; to require the person who is required to provide or produce any information or document by virtue of the exercise of the power— to state, to the best of his knowledge and belief, where the information or document is; to give an explanation of the information or document; to secure that any information provided or produced, whether in a document or otherwise, is verified in such manner as may be specified by the authority; to secure that any document provided or produced is authenticated in such manner as may be so specified; to specify a time at or by which a requirement imposed by virtue of paragraph (c) must be complied with.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30