Section 132
Provision of information
of Water Services Industry Act 2006
(1)
This section applies to any person if the Commission has reasonable grounds to believe that the person—
(a)
has any information or any document that is relevant to the performance of the Commission’s powers and functions under this Act or its subsidiary legislation; or
(b)
is capable of giving any evidence which the Commission has reasonable grounds to believe that the evidence is relevant to the performance of the Commission’s powers and functions under this Act or its subsidiary legislation.
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, the
Commission may, by a written notice, order any person—
(a)
to give an authorized officer, within the period and in the manner and form specified in the notice, any such information;
(b)
to produce to an authorized officer, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such documents, whether in a physical form or in electronic media;
(c)
to make copies of any such documents and to produce those copies to an authorized officer within the period and in the manner specified in the notice;
(d)
if the person is an individual, to appear, at a private hearing, before an authorized officer at a time and place specified in the notice to give any evidence, either orally or in writing, and produce any such documents, whether in a physical form or in electronic media;
(e)
if the person is a body corporate or a public body, to cause a competent officer of the body to appear, at a private hearing, before an authorized officer at a time and place specified in the notice to give any such evidence, either orally or in writing, and produce any such documents, whether in a physical form or in electronic media; or
(f)
if the person is a partnership, to cause an individual who is a partner in the partnership or an employee of the partnership to appear, at a private hearing, before an authorized officer at a time and place specified in the notice to give any such evidence, either orally or in writing, and produce any such documents, whether in a physical form or in electronic media.
(3)
The Commission shall allow the person so ordered under subsection (2) a reasonable time to provide any such information or documents specified in the notice.
(4)
Any person required to provide information or documents under subsection (2) shall ensure that the information or documents provided are true, accurate and complete and such person should provide a representation to that effect, including a representation that he is not aware of any other information or document which would make the information or document provided untrue or misleading.
Proof of compliance 133.
A person shall, if at any time called upon in writing by the
Commission to do so, provide to the Commission or its authorized officer all documents and information as the person may have relating to his compliance with any of the provisions of this Act or its subsidiary legislation, as the Commission may generally, or in relation to any particular case, require.