Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010

Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010

2010 CHAPTER 38

Commentary on Sections and Schedules

Part 1 – Terrorist Asset-Freezing

Chapter  3 – Information

Information for Treasury

Section 21 – Production of documents

57. Section 21 provides that where the Treasury make a request for information under section 20, they may request that specified documents or documents of a specified kind or description are produced (subsection (1)).

58. Subsection (2) allows the Treasury to take copies or extracts from any such document and request any person producing a document (or, if the person producing the document is a body corporate, partnership or unincorporated body, any present or past partner, officer or employee of such body) to give an explanation of it.

59. Subsection (3) requires that a designated person or a person acting under a licence, who is requested to produce documents, must take reasonable steps to obtain the documents (if not in the person’s possession or control) and keep the documents (if they have them already).