Power of Safety Authority to obtain information, etc.
23.—(1) Without prejudice to section 22 of the Act, for the purposes of regulation 18 and any inquiry or further inquiry under this Part, the Safety Authority may require any person whom it believes to have knowledge of the matter (including the Registered Supplier of the registered controlled goods concerned) —
(a)
to produce for inspection any book, document, paper or other record relating to or connected with the matter; and
(b)
to give all information relating to or connected with the matter as the Safety Authority may require.
(2) Without prejudice to section 22 of the Act, for the purposes of regulation 18 and any inquiry or further inquiry under this Part, the Safety Authority may require the Registered Supplier of the registered controlled goods concerned to provide to it free of charge samples of the registered controlled goods.