Part 4Enforcement of judgments and orders
Information requests and orders
98Information orders
1
An information order is an order of the relevant court which—
a
specifies a prescribed person (“the information discloser”),
b
specifies prescribed information relating to the debtor (“the required information”), and
c
orders the information discloser to disclose the required information to the relevant court.
2
In subsection (1) “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations.
3
Regulations under this section may be made by reference to—
a
particular persons or particular descriptions of person (or both);
b
particular information or particular descriptions of information (or both).
4
Regulations may, in particular, be made under this section so as to ensure that—
a
an information order made against a particular person, or a person of a particular description, may order that person to disclose only particular information, or information of a particular description;
b
an information order that orders the disclosure of particular information, or information of a particular description, may only be made against a particular person, or a person of a particular description.
5
Regulations under this section must not make provision that would allow the relevant court to order—
a
the disclosure of information by the debtor, or
b
the disclosure of information held by, or on behalf of, a government department.