Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/43/section/58
Timestamp: 2017-11-21 05:06:35
Document Index: 782530070

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2']

58 Power to require information etc [F1for purposes of sections 55 and 57A].E+W+S
(1)Where it appears to the appropriate [F2authority] that a relevant operator [F3may have contravened or be contravening—
the] appropriate [F2authority] may, for any purpose connected with such of [F2its] functions under section 55 [F4or 57A] above as are exercisable in relation to that matter, serve a notice under subsection (2) below on any person.
(2)A notice under this subsection is a notice signed by the appropriate [F5authority] and—
(a)requiring the person on whom it is served to produce, at a time and place specified in the notice, to the appropriate [F5authority] or to any person appointed by the appropriate [F5authority] for the purpose, any documents which are specified or described in the notice and are in that person’s custody or under his control; or
(b)requiring that person, if he is carrying on a business, to furnish, at a time and place and in the form and manner specified in the notice, to the appropriate [F5authority] such information as may be specified or described in the notice.
(6)If a person makes default in complying with a notice under subsection (2) above, the court may, on the application of the appropriate [F5authority], make such order as the court thinks fit for requiring the default to be made good; and any such order may provide that all the costs or expenses of and incidental to the application shall be borne by the person in default or by any officers of a company or other association who are responsible for its default.
F1Words in s. 58 sidenote inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 252, Sch. 27 para. 33(3); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F2Word in s. 58(1) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 215, Sch. 16 para. 38(2); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II) (which S.I. was amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 2(2))
F3Words in s. 58(1) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 252, Sch. 27 para. 33(2)(a); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F4Words in s. 58(1) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 252, Sch. 27 para. 33(2)(b); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F5Word in s. 58(2)(6) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 215, Sch. 16 para. 38(3); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II) (which S.I. was amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 2(2))
C1S. 58 applied (with modifications) (28.11.2005) by The Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3050), reg. 14, Sch. 3 para. 1(c)