Part 4Enforcement of judgments and orders

Information requests and orders

98Information orders

1

An information order is an order of the relevant court which—

a

specifies a prescribed person (“the information discloser”),

b

specifies prescribed information relating to the debtor (“the required information”), and

c

orders the information discloser to disclose the required information to the relevant court.

2

In subsection (1) “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations.

3

Regulations under this section may be made by reference to—

a

particular persons or particular descriptions of person (or both);

b

particular information or particular descriptions of information (or both).

4

Regulations may, in particular, be made under this section so as to ensure that—

a

an information order made against a particular person, or a person of a particular description, may order that person to disclose only particular information, or information of a particular description;

b

an information order that orders the disclosure of particular information, or information of a particular description, may only be made against a particular person, or a person of a particular description.

5

Regulations under this section must not make provision that would allow the relevant court to order—

a

the disclosure of information by the debtor, or

b

the disclosure of information held by, or on behalf of, a government department.