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Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act.
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18.—Section 15 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—
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(a) the insertion in subsection (1) of section 15 after “functions” of “or the Commission of any of their functions” and the said subsection as so amended is set out in the Table to this section,
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TABLE
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(1) For the purpose of obtaining any information necessary for the exercise by the Examiner of any of his functions or the Commission of any of their functions under this Act, an authorised officer may, on production of his authorisation if so required—
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(a) at all reasonable times enter and inspect premises at which any activity in connection with the business of supplying or distributing goods or providing a service, or in connection with the organisation or assistance of persons engaged in any such business, is carried on,
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(b) require the person who carries on such activity and any person employedin connection therewith to produce to the authorised officer any books, documents or records relating to such activity which are in that person's power or control, and to give to the authorised officer such information as he may reasonably require in regard to any entries in such books, documents and records,
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(c) inspect and copy or take extracts from any such books, documents and records,
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(d) require a person mentioned in paragraph (b) to give to the authorised officer any information he may require in regard to the persons carrying on such activity (including in particular, in the case of an unincorporated body of persons, information in regard to the membership thereof and its committee of management or other controlling authority) or employed in connection therewith,
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(e) require a person mentioned in paragraph (b) to give to the authorized officer any information which the officer may reasonably require in regard to such activity.
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and
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(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6):
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“(6) In this section ‘authorised officer’ means a person authorised in writing by the Director or by a member of the Commission for the purposes of this Act.”.
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