may by summons require any person to attend, at a time and place stated in the summons, to give evidence or to produce any documents in his custody or under his control which relate to any matter in question at the inquiry; and

may take evidence on oath, and for that purpose administer oaths, or may, instead of administering an oath, require the person examined to make a solemn affirmation.

requires a person, in obedience to a summons under the section, to attend to give evidence or to produce any documents unless the necessary expenses of his attendance are paid or tendered to him; or

empowers the person holding the inquiry to require the production of the title, or of any instrument relating to the title, of any land not being the property of a local authority.

the costs incurred by him in relation to the inquiry (including such reasonable sum not exceeding £30 a day as he may determine for the services of any officer engaged in the inquiry) shall be paid by such local authority or party to the inquiry as he may direct, and

he may cause the amount of the costs so incurred to be certified, and any amount so certified and directed to be paid by any authority or person shall be recoverable from that authority or person by the Secretary of State summarily as a civil debt.

as to the costs of the parties at the inquiry, and

as to the parties by whom the costs are to be paid,

is of the opinion that a body to which this section applies is not performing one or more of its functions adequately or at all, or that there are significant failings in the way the body is being run, and

is satisfied that it is appropriate for him to intervene under this section,

Health Authorities,

Special Health Authorities,

NHS trusts,

Primary Care Trusts.

“member” means a member of a Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust, or a member of the board of directors of an NHS trust,

“employee member” means a member of a Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust who is an officer of the Authority or Trust, or an executive director of an NHS trust.

all the members, or

those specified in the order,

all the members, or

those specified in the order,

is performed, to the extent specified in the directions, on behalf of the body and at its expense, by such person as is specified in the directions, and

is so performed in such a way as to achieve such objectives as are so specified,

in this Act, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), or the Health and Social Care Act 2001; or

in any order or regulations made, or directions given, under any of those Acts,

that it is not to apply in relation to the body while the order remains in force; or

that it is to apply in relation to the body, while the order remains in force, with modifications specified in the order.

a Health Authority;

a Special Health Authority;

a Primary Care Trust

an NHS trust;

the Medical Practices Committee; or

the Dental Practice Board;

shall provide for the appointment, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, of new members of the body; and

may contain such provisions as seem to the Secretary of State expedient for authorising any person to act in the place of the body in question pending the appointment of new members.

provision for the transfer to the Secretary of State of property and liabilities of the body in default; and

where any such order is varied or revoked by a subsequent order, provision in the revoking order or a subsequent order for the transfer to the body in default of any property or liabilities acquired or incurred by the Secretary of State in discharging any of the functions transferred to him.