HC Deb 23 March 1983 vol 39 c888

"Secretary of State's power to obtain information etc. '(1) After section 24B of the 1980 Act there shall be inserted the following section— 24C.—(l) Where it appears to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient for the purpose of determining whether his powers under section 23, 24A or 24B above are exercisable, or for or in connection with the exercise of those powers, the Secretary of State may by notice in writing to a landlord require it—

  1. (a) at such time and at such place as may be specified in the notice, to produce any document; or
  2. (b) within such period as may be so specified or such longer period as the Secretary of State may allow, to furnish a copy of any document or supply any information;
and any officer of the landlord designated in the notice for that purpose or having custody or control of the document or in a position to give the information shall, without instructions from the landlord, take all reasonable steps to ensure that the notice is complied with. (2) Any reference in subsection (1) above to a landlord includes a reference to—
  1. (a) a landlord by whom a conveyance or grant was executed in pursuance of this Chapter; and
  2. (b) a body which has become a mortgagee in consequence of the exercise by a secure tenant of the right to a mortgage."
 (2) Subsection (5) of section 23 of the 1980 Act (which is superseded by subsection (1) above) shall be omitted and in subsection (11) of that section for the words "subsection (5) to (10)" there shall be substituted the words "subsections (6) to (10)".'.—[Mr. Stanley.]

Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.

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