SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Community interest companies: investigations

Power to require documents and information

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1

The investigator of a community interest company may require the company or any other person—

a

to produce such documents (or documents of such description) as the investigator may specify;

b

to provide such information (or information of such description) as the investigator may specify.

2

A person on whom a requirement is imposed under sub-paragraph (1) may require the investigator to produce evidence of his authority.

3

A requirement under sub-paragraph (1) must be complied with at such time and place as may be specified by the investigator.

4

The production of a document in pursuance of this paragraph does not affect any lien which a person has on the document.

5

The investigator may take copies of or extracts from a document produced in pursuance of this paragraph.

6

In relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, the power to require production of it includes power to require the production of a copy of it in legible form or in a form from which it can readily be produced in visible and legible form.

7

In this Schedule—

a

the investigator of a community interest company” means a person investigating the company’s affairs under section 42, and

b

document” includes information recorded in any form.