Provision of informationE+W
74.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the contractor must, at the request of the Board, produce to the Board, or to a person authorised in writing by the Board, or allow the Board, or a person authorised in writing by it, to access—
(a)any information which is reasonably required by the Board for the purposes of or in connection with the contract; and
(b)any other information which is reasonably required in connection with the Board's functions.
(2) The contractor is not required to comply with any request made under paragraph (1) unless it has been made by the Board in accordance with directions relating to the provision of information by contractors given to the Board by the Secretary of State under section 98A of the Act M1 (exercise of functions).
(3) The contractor must produce the information requested, or, as the case may be, allow the Board access to such information—
(a)by such date as has been agreed as reasonable between the contractor and the Board; or
(b)in the absence of such agreement, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the request is made.
Marginal Citations
M1Section 98A was inserted by section 49(1) of the Health and Social care Act 2012 (c.7).