Section 231 - Power to carry investigation into the affairs of associated companies

Where an inspector appointed under section 229 or section 230 to investigate the affairs of a company finds it necessary for the purposes of the investigation to investigate also the affairs of any other body corporate which is or has at any relevant time been an associated company, the inspector may do so, and shall report on the affairs of the other body corporate so far as the inspector considers the results of the investigation relevant to the investigation of the affairs of the first mentioned company.