Utilities Act 2000

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29(1)Section 28 (power to require information etc.) is amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)After subsection (2) there is inserted—

(2A)Where a licence has been or is to be revoked or suspended, or has expired or is about to expire by effluxion of time, and it appears to the Authority, having regard to the duties imposed by section 3A, 3B or 3C, to be requisite or expedient to do so for any purpose connected with the revocation, suspension or expiry, the Authority may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, by notice in writing—

(a)require the licence holder to produce, at a time and place specified in the notice, to the Authority, or to any person so specified, any records which are specified or described in the notice and are in the licence holder’s custody or under his control; or

(b)require the licence holder to furnish to the Authority, or to any person specified in the notice, such information as may be specified or described in the notice, and specify the time, the manner and the form in which any such information is to be furnished..

(3)In subsection (3), after “documents” there is inserted “ or records ”.

(4)In subsection (4), after “subsection (2)” there is inserted “ or (2A) ”.

(5)In subsection (5)—

(a)after “document” there is inserted “ or record ”;

(b)after “subsection (2)” there is inserted “ or (2A) ”.

(6)In subsection (6), after “subsection (2)” there is inserted “ or (2A) ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 6 para. 29 in force at 20.12.2000, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 2000/3343, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-15)