Schedule 12, paragraph 4(4)

In section 13 (investigation of prices directed by Secretary of State)— in subsection (1), omit from “but the giving” to the end; for subsection (6) substitute— For the purposes of an investigation under this section the Director may, by notice in writing signed by him— require any person to produce— any documents which are specified or described in the notice and which are documents in his custody or under his control and relating to any matter relevant to the investigation; or at a time and a place specified in the notice, to the Director or to any person appointed by him for the purpose, require any person carrying on any business to— furnish to the Director such estimates, forecasts, returns or other information as may be specified or described in the notice; and specify the time, manner and form in which any such estimates, forecasts, returns or information are to be furnished. No person shall be compelled, for the purpose of any investigation under this section— to produce any document which he could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings before the High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session; or in complying with any requirement for the furnishing of information, to give any information which he could not be compelled to give in evidence in such proceedings. Subsections (6) to (8) of section 85 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (enforcement provisions relating to notices requiring production of documents etc.) shall apply in relation to a notice under subsection (6) above as they apply in relation to a notice under section 85(1) but as if, in section 85(7), for the words from “any one” to “the Commission” there were substituted “the Director.”

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