Part 5Alternative business structures
Regulation of licensed bodies
I193Information
1
The relevant licensing authority in relation to a licensed body may by notice require a person within subsection (2)—
a
to provide information, or information of a description, specified in the notice, or
b
produce documents, or documents of a description, specified in the notice,
for the purpose of enabling the licensing authority to ascertain whether the terms of the licensed body's licence are being, or have been, complied with.
2
The persons are—
a
the licensed body;
b
any manager or employee (or former manager or employee) of the licensed body;
c
any non-authorised person who has an interest or an indirect interest, or holds a material interest, in the licensed body.
3
A notice under subsection (1)—
a
may specify the manner and form in which any information is to be provided;
b
must specify the period within which the information is to be provided or the document produced;
c
may require the information to be provided, or the document to be produced, to the licensing authority or to a person specified in the notice.
4
The licensing authority may, by notice, require a person within subsection (2) (or a representative of such a person) to attend at a time and place specified in the notice to provide an explanation of any information provided or document produced under this section.
5
The licensing authority may pay to any person such reasonable costs as may be incurred by that person in connection with—
a
the provision of any information, or production of any document, by that person pursuant to a notice under subsection (1), or
b
that person's compliance with a requirement imposed under subsection (4).
6
The licensing authority, or a person specified under subsection (3)(c) in a notice, may take copies of or extracts from a document produced pursuant to a notice under subsection (1).
7
For the purposes of this section and section 94, references to a licensed body include a body which was, but is no longer, a licensed body.