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(1)An information order is an order of the relevant court which—
(a)specifies a prescribed person (“the information discloser”),
(b)specifies prescribed information relating to the debtor (“the required information”), and
(c)orders the information discloser to disclose the required information to the relevant court.
(2)In subsection (1) “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations.
(3)Regulations under this section may be made by reference to—
(a)particular persons or particular descriptions of person (or both);
(b)particular information or particular descriptions of information (or both).
(4)Regulations may, in particular, be made under this section so as to ensure that—
(a)an information order made against a particular person, or a person of a particular description, may order that person to disclose only particular information, or information of a particular description;
(b)an information order that orders the disclosure of particular information, or information of a particular description, may only be made against a particular person, or a person of a particular description.
(5)Regulations under this section must not make provision that would allow the relevant court to order—
(a)the disclosure of information by the debtor, or
(b)the disclosure of information held by, or on behalf of, a government department.
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