Public Health Act 2016

For the purposes of an inquiry, the inquirer (if the Chief Health Officer) —

may, by written notice, require the attendance of a person at a place and time specified in the notice; and

may, by written notice, require a person to produce at a place and time specified in the notice a document that is in the possession or under the control of that person; and

may inspect any document produced and retain it for any reasonable period that the inquirer thinks fit, and may make copies of it or any of its contents; and

may require a person to take an oath or make an affirmation and may administer an oath or affirmation to a person; and

may require a person to answer any question put to that person.

For the purposes of an inquiry, the inquirer (if not the Chief Health Officer) has whichever of the powers set out in subsection (1) that the statement in writing required by section 229(1)(c) states that the inquirer is to have for that purpose.

A person required by a notice under this section to attend or to produce a document is entitled to be paid the allowances (if any) for the person’s travelling and other expenses that are prescribed by the regulations.