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(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring an accountable person for a higher-risk building to give prescribed information or a copy of a prescribed document to—
(a)the regulator,
(b)another accountable person for the building,
(c)residents of the building,
(d)owners of residential units in the building, or
(e)any other prescribed person.
(2)The regulations may in particular make provision about—
(a)when information or a copy of a document must be given;
(b)the way in which information or copy of a document must be given;
(c)the form in which information must be given (and may in particular require that the information is given in an accessible form);
(d)the standards in accordance with which information or a copy of a document must be given.
(3)The regulations may make exceptions to any duty imposed under the regulations.
(4)Subject to subsection (5), the regulations may provide that the disclosure of information under this section does not breach—
(a)any obligation of confidence owed by the accountable person in relation to that information;
(b)any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
(5)This section does not authorise a disclosure of information if the disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, take into account the powers conferred by this section).
(6)Where the regulations provide that any information or document must be given to the regulator, they may make provision about the admissibility in any criminal proceedings of the information or document.
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