Prospective
(1)Subsection (2) applies if an authorised officer of an enforcement authority believes that a person is, or has been, subject to a duty imposed by virtue of section 279 to supply a certificate or statement in relation to a particular property.
(2)The officer may require the person to produce for inspection a copy of the certificate or statement.
(3)The power conferred by subsection (2) includes power—
(a)to require the production of a legible hard copy of any certificate or statement which is held in electronic form, and
(b)to take copies of any hard copy produced for inspection.
(4)A requirement under this section may not be imposed more than 6 months after the last day for supplying the certificate or statement concerned in pursuance of the duty imposed by virtue of section 279.
(5)A person is not required to comply with a requirement under this section if the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with the requirement.
(6)Subject to this, a person subject to such a requirement must comply with it within the period of 7 days beginning with the day after that on which it is imposed.