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← Credit Bureau Act 2016

Credit Bureau Act 2016 s 43

s 43 Power of Authority to obtain information

43.—(1) The Authority may, by written notice, direct a licensed credit bureau to obtain from any of its shareholders, and to provide to the Authority, any information relating to the shareholder that the Authority may require for the purpose of —(a) ascertaining or investigating into the control of shareholding or voting power in the licensed credit bureau; or (b) exercising any power or function under section 40, 41, 42, 44 or 45. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the notice in subsection (1) may require the licensed credit bureau to obtain and provide the following information:(a) whether the shareholder has an interest in any share in the licensed credit bureau as beneficial owner or as trustee; (b) if the shareholder holds the interest in the share as trustee, to indicate as far as that shareholder is able to —(i) the person for whom that shareholder holds the interest (either by name or by other particulars sufficient to enable that person to be identified); and (ii) the nature of that person’s interest. (3) The Authority may, by written notice, require any shareholder (X) of a licensed credit bureau, or any person (Y) that appears from information provided to the Authority under subsection (1) or this subsection to have an interest in any share in the licensed credit bureau, to provide to the Authority any information relating to X or Y (as the case may be) that the Authority may require for the purpose of —(a) ascertaining or investigating into the control of shareholding or voting power in the licensed credit bureau; or (b) exercising any power or function under section 40, 41, 42, 44 or 45. (4) Without limiting subsection (3), the notice in subsection (3) may require X or Y to provide the following information:(a) whether X or Y holds that interest as beneficial owner or as trustee; (b) if X or Y holds the interest as trustee, to indicate as far as X or Y can —(i) the person (Z) for whom X or Y holds the interest (either by name or by other particulars sufficient to enable that person to be identified); and (ii) the nature of Z’s interest; (c) whether any share or any voting right attached to the share is the subject of an agreement or arrangement described in section 39(3)(c)(vi) or 40(3) or (4), and if so, to give particulars of the agreement or arrangement and the parties to it.

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