187 Information to be furnished by BBC for purposes of reports under section 186.U.K.
(1)The Director may serve on the BBC a notice requiring them, at a time and place specified in the notice—
(a)to produce to him such documents specified or described in the notice (being documents in the custody or under the control of the BBC), or
(b)to furnish him, in a form specified in the notice, with such estimates, returns or other information specified or described in it,
as he may require for the purpose of making any report under section 186.
(2)The BBC shall not by virtue of subsection (1) be compelled—
(a)to produce any document which they could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings before the High Court or (in Scotland) the Court of Session, or
(b)in complying with any requirement for the furnishing of information, to give any information which they could not be compelled to give in evidence in such proceedings.
(3)In this section “the Director” means the Director General of Fair Trading.