Duty to comply with requests for informationE+W
8(1)Where the [F1Consultative Panel] is carrying out an investigation under paragraph 7 it may require the approved body concerned to provide it with such information, including copies of such documents, as it may reasonably require for the purposes of the investigation.
(2)No person shall be required under sub-paragraph (1) to provide any information, or produce any copy of a document, which he could not be compelled to provide or produce in civil proceedings before a court.
(3)Where an approved body fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a request made to it by the [F2Consultative Panel] under sub-paragraph (1), paragraph 6(2)(c) shall be taken to have been satisfied in relation to that body.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 9 para. 8(1) substituted (1.1.2000) by 1999 c.22, s. 35(4)(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(a)
F2Words in Sch. 9 para. 8(3) substituted (1.1.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 35(4)(c) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(a)