Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (28.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/2037, reg. 8(1), Sch. 1
12(1)If, in response to a request under this Schedule, a person—
(a)knowingly fails to provide information which he is required by this Schedule to give, or
(b)refuses to provide any such information,
the court may order him to provide it.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not affect any of the court’s other powers to make orders.
(3)A person who knowingly provides false information in response to a request under this Schedule is liable in damages to the person who made the request.
(4)In any action for damages under sub-paragraph (3) the court must have regard, in particular to—
(a)how flagrant the defendant was in providing the false information, and
(b)any benefit which accrued to him as a result of his providing false information,
and shall award such additional damages as the justice of the case may require.]