58Power to request the provision of information

#### 58 Power to request the provision of information (1) Where a relevant authority has received a claim and is satisfied that the claimant: (a) has information or a document that is relevant to the claim; or (b) may obtain such information or a copy of such a document without unreasonable expense or inconvenience; the relevant authority may, by notice in writing given to the claimant, request the claimant to give that information or a copy of that document to the relevant authority within 28 days after the date of the notice or within such further period (if any) as the relevant authority, on the request of the claimant, allows. (2) A claimant who has received a notice under subsection (1) shall be taken to have complied with the notice if the claimant gives the relevant authority the information or document specified in the notice within 28 days after the date of notice or within such further period (if any) as the relevant authority has allowed. (3) Where a claimant refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a notice under subsection (1), the relevant authority may defer further consideration of the claim until the claimant gives the relevant authority the information, or a copy of the document, specified in the notice.