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C1C3C2C4SCHEDULE 14Licensing authority's powers of intervention

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Notice to produce or deliver documents

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1

The licensing authority may give notice to the licensed body requiring it to produce or deliver all documents in its possession or under its control in connection with—

a

its activities as a licensed body,

b

any trust of which it is or was a trustee, or

c

any trust of which a person who is or was a manager or employee of the licensed body is or was a trustee in that person's capacity as such a manager or employee.

2

The notice may require the documents to be produced—

a

to any person appointed by the licensing authority;

b

at a time and place to be fixed by the licensing authority.

3

The person appointed by the licensing authority may take possession of any such documents on behalf of the licensing authority.

4

It is an offence for a person having possession of such documents to refuse, neglect or otherwise fail to comply with a notice under sub-paragraph (1).

5

Sub-paragraph (4) does not apply where an application has been made to the High Court under paragraph 9(1)(a).

6

A person who is guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.