1267 Competent authority's power to call for information
Companies Act 2006 | Legislation

1267  Competent authority's power to call for information

In Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 after the sections inserted by section 1266 above insert—

“Power of competent authority to call for information

89H Competent authority's power to call for information

(1)     The competent authority may by notice in writing given to a person to whom this section applies require him—

(a)     to provide specified information or information of a specified description, or

(b)     to produce specified documents or documents of a specified description.

(2)     This section applies to—

(a)     an issuer in respect of whom transparency rules have effect;

(b)     a voteholder;

(c)     an auditor of—

(i)     an issuer to whom this section applies, or

(ii)     a voteholder;

(d)     a person who controls a voteholder;

(e)     a person controlled by a voteholder;

(f)     a director or other similar officer of an issuer to whom this section applies;

<(g)     a director or other similar officer of a voteholder or, where the affairs of a voteholder are managed by its members, a member of the voteholder.<

 

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