25(1)The Committee must provide the national authorities with such information as they may request about its property.U.K.
(2)The Committee must provide the Secretary of State with such information as the Secretary of State may request about the exercise or proposed exercise of its functions under—
(a)Part 1 (carbon target and budgeting),
(b)section 33 (advice on level of 2050 target),
(c)section 34 (advice in connection with carbon budgets),
(d)section 35 (advice on emissions from international aviation and international shipping),
(e)section 36 (reports on progress),
(f)section 57 (advice on report on impact of climate change), or
(g)section 59 (reporting on progress in connection with adaptation).
(3)The Committee must provide a national authority with such information as the national authority may request about the exercise or proposed exercise of the Committee's functions under—
(a)section 38 (duty to provide advice or assistance on request), or
(b)section 48 (advice on trading scheme regulations),
in relation to that national authority.
If the information relates to the exercise or proposed exercise of those functions in relation to two or more national authorities, the request must be made by all of them jointly.
(4)The Committee must provide the national authorities with such information as they may request about the exercise or proposed exercise of any of its other functions.
(5)The Committee must also—
(a)permit any person authorised by a national authority to inspect and make copies of any accounts or other documents of the Committee, and
(b)provide such explanation of them as that person or the national authority may require.
(6)Before exercising a function under sub-paragraph (5), the national authority must consult the other national authorities.