597.Section 395 provides that the Mayor will be able to require information, advice and assistance to be provided to him by any of the functional bodies. The Secretary of State will have the power to make regulations to establish categories of information which the bodies may refuse to give to the Mayor, and to restrict the purposes for which the Mayor may require information, assistance and advice.
Commentary on Sections Part Xi: Miscellaneous and General Provisions Section 395: Provision of information, advice and assistance by functional bodies