Moved by
Lord Greenhalgh
228: After Clause 133, insert the following new Clause—
“Order for information in connection with building liability order
(1) A person of a prescribed description may apply to the High Court for an information order.
(2) An “information order” is an order requiring a specified body corporate to give, by a specified time, specified information or documents relating to persons who are or have at any time in a specified period been, associates of the body corporate.
(3) An information order may be made only if it appears to the court—
(a) that the body corporate is subject to a relevant liability (within the meaning of section 132), and
(b) that it is appropriate to require the information or documents to be provided for the purpose of enabling the applicant (or the applicant and others) to make, or consider whether to make, an application for a building liability order.
(4) In this section—
“associate” has the meaning given by section 133;
“building liability order”: see section 132;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
“specified” means specified in the information order.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This new Clause provides that a person prescribed by regulations may make an application to the High Court for an order requiring a body corporate to give information relating to persons who are associates of the body corporate and sets out when the High Court may make the order.