Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Building liability orders Section 132: Order for information in connection with building liability order Effect
This section gives the Secretary of State a power to allow the High Court to order a specified body corporate to share information about their associated companies. It allows for prescribed persons to petition the High Court to request such an information order. This section also allows the Secretary of State, by regulations, to prescribe the description of persons who can apply to the court for such an order.
	Subsection (1) provides that prescribed persons may apply to the High Court for an information order. It allows for the Secretary of State, by regulations, to prescribe the description of persons who can apply to the court for such an order.
	Subsection (2) defines what an information order is. It provides that an information order is an order which once granted will require a specified body corporate to give, in a specified time defined by the courts, information or documents related to persons who are or have been associates of that body corporate.
	Subsection (3) defines the circumstances in which the High Court can grant an information order. It provides that information orders may only be granted if it appears to the court that the body corporate is subject to a relevant liability as defined by subsection (3) of section 130. Relevant liabilities include liabilities under the Defective Premises Act 1972, section 38 of the Building Act 1984, or liabilities which are incurred as a result of a building safety risk. A building safety risk is a risk to the safety of people in or about a building arising from the spread of fire or structural failure. The court must also be convinced that the information and documents to be provided support the applicant in making or considering whether to make an application for a building liability order as defined in section 130.
	Subsection (4) sets out that prescribed means prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State and specified means specified in the information order.
	This section should be considered in conjunction with sections 130 and 131. Section 130 defines relevant liability for the purposes of this section. Section 131 defines the circumstances in which a body corporate can be considered associated with another body corporate for the purposes of this section. This section supports those who wish to be granted a building liability order under section 130.