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(1)The Chief Inspector may at any time require any person within subsection (2) to provide him with any information, documents or other items—
(a)which relates or relate to the performance by a local authority in England of any of the functions to which this Chapter applies or any related activity, and
(b)which the Chief Inspector considers it necessary or expedient to have for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance by him of any function under this Chapter.
(2)The persons within this subsection are—
(a)the local authority;
(b)any person with whom the authority have entered into arrangements—
(i)in the performance of any of the functions to which this Chapter applies, or
(ii)in connection with any related activity.
(3)The power in subsection (1) includes, in relation to documents kept by means of a computer, power to require them to be produced in a form in which they are legible and can be taken away.
(4)Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any requirement imposed by virtue of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(1)In this Chapter “related activity”, in relation to a function of a local authority to which this Chapter applies, has the meaning given by section 135(2) to (4).
(2)For the purposes of this Chapter, references to the performance by a local authority in England of any function include references to—
(a)anything done in any place by the authority in the performance of the function, and
(b)anything done in any place by another person pursuant to arrangements made by the authority in the performance of the function.
(3)This Chapter applies in relation to the Isles of Scilly subject to such modifications as may be specified by order made by the Secretary of State.
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