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`.—(1) Any person falling within subsection (2) below shall, at the request of the PPP arbiter, provide him with such information as the PPP arbiter considers relevant to the proper discharge of the functions conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act and as may be specified or described in the request.
(2) The persons who fall within this subsection are—
- (a) any party to a PPP agreement;
- (b) any associate of a party to a PPP agreement; and
- (c) any party to a related third party agreement within the meaning of section jOnc44 above.
(3) The information shall be provided in such form and manner, and within such time, as may be specified in the request.
(4) A person is not obliged by virtue of this section to provide any information which he would be entitled to refuse to provide in or for the purposes of proceedings in a court in England and Wales.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) above, "associate", in relation to a party to a PPP agreement, means—
- (a) a parent undertaking of that party;
- (b) a subsidiary undertaking of any parent undertaking of that party;
- (c) a subsidiary undertaking of that party; or
- (d) an undertaking in which that party, or any undertaking falling within paragraphs (a) to (c) above, has a participating interest.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5) above—
parent undertaking" and "subsidiary undertaking" shall be construed in accordance with section 258 of the Companies Act 1985;
undertaking" has the meaning given by section 259 of that Act; and
participating interest" has the meaning given by section 260 of that Act.'—[Mr. Dowd.]Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.