SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Administration

Supply of information to authorities

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1

Regulations under this Schedule may include provision that any person mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below shall supply to a billing authority such information as fulfils the following conditions—

a

it is in the possession or control of the person concerned;

b

the authority requests the person concerned to supply it;

c

it is requested by the authority for the purpose of carrying out its functions under Part I of this Act; and

d

it does not fall within any prescribed description of information which need not be supplied.

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Information may be prescribed under sub-paragraph (1)(d) by reference to—

a

how the person concerned came to be in possession or control of the information;

b

the purpose for which it is requested by the authority.

2

The persons referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are—

a

any other authority;

b

any precepting authority;

c

the electoral registration officer for any area in Great Britain; and

d

any community charges registration officer.

3

The regulations may include provision that the information is to be supplied in a prescribed form and within a prescribed period of the request being made.

4

In this paragraph and paragraph 12 below references to any community charges registration officer shall be construed—

a

in relation to such officers in England or Wales, in accordance with section 26 of the 1988 Act; and

b

in relation to such officers in Scotland, in accordance with section 12 of the 1987 Act.