Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014

A notice to produce or attend may require a person—

to produce a specified document to the Information Commissioner by or before a specified time and in a specified manner; or

to attend at a specified time and place on a specified date to produce documents to the Information Commissioner; or

to attend an examination before the Information Commissioner to give evidence and to produce documents at a specified time and place on a specified date; or

A notice to produce or attend may specify that attendance required under the notice is to be by means of audio visual link or audio link and in a specified manner.

A notice that provides for attendance as described in subsection (1A)—

need not specify a place for attendance; and

if any documents are to be produced, may specify that those documents are to be produced by secure electronic means and in a specified manner.

A notice under subsection (1) must contain the following information—

a statement that—

failure to comply with the notice without reasonable excuse may be an offence; and

includes the maximum penalty for that offence;

examples of what may constitute a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the notice.