sec.16Chief executive may require further information

sec.16 Chief executive may require further information

The chief executive may, by written notice given to an applicant for a licence, or the renewal of a licence, require the applicant to do 1 or more of the following things— give, in a stated way, stated information the chief executive considers relevant to the investigation of the application; produce, in a stated way, stated records the chief executive considers relevant to the investigation of the application and permit the chief executive to examine, take extracts from and make copies of the records; authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a requirement mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; give the chief executive the authorisation or consent the chief executive requires to enable the chief executive to obtain, from another person, information relevant to the investigation of the application. A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under this section does not incur a liability to another person merely because of the compliance. The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the applicant’s application if, within a reasonable time stated in the notice, the applicant fails to comply with a requirement under this section in relation to the application. In this section— information includes financial and other confidential information. s 16 sub 2016 No. 62 s 419 (sec.16-ssec.1) The chief executive may, by written notice given to an applicant for a licence, or the renewal of a licence, require the applicant to do 1 or more of the following things— give, in a stated way, stated information the chief executive considers relevant to the investigation of the application; produce, in a stated way, stated records the chief executive considers relevant to the investigation of the application and permit the chief executive to examine, take extracts from and make copies of the records; authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a requirement mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; give the chief executive the authorisation or consent the chief executive requires to enable the chief executive to obtain, from another person, information relevant to the investigation of the application. (sec.16-ssec.2) A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under this section does not incur a liability to another person merely because of the compliance. (sec.16-ssec.3) The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the applicant’s application if, within a reasonable time stated in the notice, the applicant fails to comply with a requirement under this section in relation to the application. (sec.16-ssec.4) In this section— information includes financial and other confidential information.

• (a) give, in a stated way, stated information the chief executive considers relevant to the investigation of the application;
• (b) produce, in a stated way, stated records the chief executive considers relevant to the investigation of the application and permit the chief executive to examine, take extracts from and make copies of the records;