Commentary on Sections Regulation of insolvency practitioners: amendments to existing regime Section 142: Power for Secretary of State to obtain information
800.This section introduces new section 391S to the Insolvency Act 1986 which gives the Secretary of State the power to require information from specified people to enable the Secretary of State to carry out functions under Part 13 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
801.The people that the Secretary of State can in writing require information from are:
802.A person ‘connected’ to the IP in question includes an employee of that individual, a person who acted on that IP’s behalf in any other way and; the employer of the IP.