Powers and Duties in Relation to Information Section 49: Failure to comply with information requirement
85.Section 49 inserts a new section 36E after section 36D (inserted into the 1974 Act by section 48). Section 36E deals with the consequences of failing to comply with an information requirement under the new section 36B or request to gain access to premises under section 36C. OFT may apply to the court for an order to enforce an information requirement or request to gain access to premises. If the information defaulter is a body corporate, or an unincorporated association, an officer of the body who is wholly or partly responsible for the failure may be required to pay costs or expenses as specified in the court order. If the information defaulter is a partnership, a member of that partnership may be so liable.