the nature, conduct or state of the institution’s business or any particular aspect of it; or

the ownership or control of the institution;

a parent undertaking, subsidiary undertaking or related company of the institution under investigation;

a subsidiary undertaking or related company of a parent undertaking of that institution;

a parent undertaking of a subsidiary undertaking of that institution; or

an undertaking in the case of which a shareholder controller of that institution, either alone or with any associate or associates, holds 20 per cent. or more of the shares or is entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of, more than 20 per cent. of the voting power at a general meeting;

any other partnership having a member in common with the authorised partnership;

any undertaking which is or has at any time been a member of the authorised partnership;

any undertaking in the case of which the partners in the authorised partnership, either alone or with any associate or associates, hold 20 per cent. or more of the shares or are entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of, more than 20 per cent. of the voting power at a general meeting; or

any subsidiary undertaking, related company or parent undertaking of any such undertaking as is mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) above or any parent undertaking of any such subsidiary undertaking.

to produce to the persons appointed under subsection (1) above, within such time and at such place as they may require, all documents relating to the body concerned which are in his custody or power;

to attend before the persons so appointed at such time and place as they may require; and

otherwise to give those persons all assistance in connection with the investigation which he is reasonably able to give;

without reasonable excuse fails to produce any documents which it is his duty to produce under subsection (5) above;

without reasonable excuse fails to attend before the persons appointed under subsection (1) above when required to do so;

without reasonable excuse fails to answer any question which is put to him by persons so appointed with respect to an institution which is under investigation or a body which is being investigated by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) above; or

intentionally obstructs a person in the exercise of the rights conferred by subsection (7) above,

no evidence relating to the statement may be adduced, and

no question relating to it may be asked,

an offence under subsection (9)(c) above or section 94(4) below;

an offence under section 5 of the M1Perjury Act 1911 (false statements made otherwise than on oath);

an offence under section 44(2) of the M2Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (false statements made otherwise than on oath); or

an offence under Article 10 of the M3Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statements made otherwise than on oath).

to provide, at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified, such information as the F5Authority may reasonably require for the purpose of investigating the suspected contravention;

to produce, at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified, such documents, or documents of such description, as may be specified, being documents the production of which may be reasonably required by the F5Authority for that purpose;

to attend at such place and time as may be specified in the notice and answer questions relevant for determining whether such a contravention has occurred.

no evidence relating to the statement may be adduced, and

no question relating to it may be asked,

an offence under subsection (4) above or section 94(1)(a) below;

an offence under section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 (false statements made otherwise than on oath);

an offence under section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (false statements made otherwise than on oath); or

an offence under Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statements made otherwise than on oath).

that that person has failed to comply with a notice served on him under that section; or

that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting the completeness of any information provided or documents produced by him in response to such a notice; or

that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that if a notice were served on him under that section it would not be complied with or that any documents to which it would relate would be removed, tampered with or destroyed.

to enter any premises occupied by the person mentioned in subsection (1) above which are specified in the warrant, using such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose;

to search the premises and take possession of any documents appearing to be such documents as are mentioned in subsection (1)(c) above or to take, in relation to any such documents, any other steps which may appear to be necessary for preserving them or preventing interference with them;

to take copies of or extracts from any such documents;

to require any person named in the warrant to answer questions relevant for determining whether that person is guilty of any such contravention as is mentioned in section 42 above.

for a period of three months; or

if within that period proceedings to which the documents are relevant are commenced against any person for any such contravention as is mentioned in section 42 above, until the conclusion of those proceedings.

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

under section 41 above; or

into a suspected contravention of section 3 or 35 above,

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.