Power of judicial factor to require information 12 Power of judicial factor to require information 10 (1) A judicial factor may serve written notice on any person requesting that the person 1 supply such information specified in the notice as the judicial factor reasonably considers relevant to the judicial factor’s functions. (2) A notice sent under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a certified copy of the appointing interlocutor. 15 (3) A person who receives notice under subsection (1), other than a person mentioned in subsection (4), must comply with the notice without delay. (4) That person is— (a) a body to which paragraph 3 (reserved bodies) of Part III of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, 20 (b) a Minister of the Crown, (c) a department of the Government of the United Kingdom, or (d) a public body operating wholly in relation to a reserved matter within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998. (5) A person who, having received notice under subsection (1), directs the judicial factor 25 without delay to means by which the information can be obtained (either or both)— (a) under any other enactment, (b) free of charge, is to be treated as having complied with the notice. (6) A person complying with notice under subsection (1) may charge the judicial factor a 30 fee for supplying the information if that person is entitled under any other enactment to charge a fee for supplying the relevant information. (7) Nothing in this section authorises the making of a disclosure that contravenes the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, the provision made in this Act enabling or requiring the disclosure of information is to be taken into 35 account). (8) In this section, “data protection legislation” has the meaning given by section 3(9) of the Data Protection Act 2018. 10 Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Functions of judicial factor Ingathering 13 Ingathering (1) A judicial factor must ingather the factory estate. (2) The judicial factor may take such action as is necessary to complete title to property 5 vested in the judicial factor by virtue of section 7. (3) The judicial factor must— (a) on becoming aware that a person is a creditor or debtor of the factory estate, inform that person of the judicial factor’s appointment, (b) ensure that financial assets forming part of the factory estate can be readily 10 identified as being held by the judicial factor in the capacity of judicial factor. 1 management plan Inventory and 14 Inventory of estate (1) A judicial factor must, no later than 6 months after the appointment date, send to the Accountant— 15 (a) an inventory of the factory estate, (b) any accompanying documents required by rules of court. (2) As soon as reasonably practicable following receipt...