Deddf Llywodraeth Leol ac Etholiadau (Cymru) 2021

151 Pwerau awdurdodau bilio i’w gwneud yn ofynnol darparu gwybodaeth sy’n ymwneud â hereditamentau

(1) Mae Atodlen 9 i Ddeddf Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol 1988 (p. 41) (gweinyddu mewn perthynas ag ardrethu annomestig) wedi ei diwygio fel a ganlyn.

(2) Ym mharagraff 5—

(a) yn is-baragraff (1A), yn lle “this paragraph” rhodder “sub-paragraph (1)”;

(b) ar ôl is-baragraff (1A) (yr wybodaeth sydd i’w chynnwys mewn hysbysiad a roddir gan swyddog prisio) mewnosoder—

“(1B) A billing authority in Wales may serve a notice on a person to whom sub-paragraph (1D) applies, requesting the person to supply to the authority information—

(a) which is specified in the notice,

(b) which relates to a hereditament in the authority’s area specified in the notice, and

(c) which the authority reasonably believes will assist it in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this Part.

(1C) A notice under sub-paragraph (1B) must state that the billing authority believes the information will assist it in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this Part.

(1D) This sub-paragraph applies to—

(a) a person who is an owner of the hereditament specified in the notice under sub-paragraph (1B);

(b) a person who is an occupier of such a hereditament;

(c) a person who, in relation to the hereditament specified in the notice under sub-paragraph (1B), is carrying on a business of a description specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.”;

(c) yn is-baragraff (2), yn lle “this paragraph” rhodder “sub-paragraph (1)”;

(d) ar ôl is-baragraff (2) mewnosoder—

“(2A) A person on whom a notice is served under sub-paragraph (1B) must supply the information requested in the form and manner specified in the notice.”;

(e) yn is-baragraff (4), yn lle “this paragraph” rhodder “sub-paragraph (1)”;

(f) ar ôl is-baragraff (4) mewnosoder—

“(5) If a notice has been served on a person under sub-paragraph (1B), and in supplying information in purported compliance with sub-paragraph (2A) the person makes a statement knowing it to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, the person is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”

(3) Ym mharagraff 5A (cosb am fethu â chydymffurfio â chais am wybodaeth o fewn y cyfnod gofynnol)—

(a) yn is-baragraff (1) ar ôl “paragraph 5(2)” mewnosoder “or (2A)”;

(b) yn is-baragraff (2)—

(i) ar ôl “valuation officer” mewnosoder “or, as the case may be, billing authority concerned”;

(ii) ym mharagraff (a), ar ôl “pargraph 5(2)” mewnosoder “or (2A)”;

(c) yn is-baragraff (3), ar ôl “paragraph 5(2)” mewnosoder “or (2A)”.

(4) Ym mharagraff 5B (pŵer i liniaru neu ddileu cosb), ar ôl “valuation officer” mewnosoder “or, as the case may be, billing authority”;

(5) Ym mharagraff 5C(6)(a), ar ôl “paragraph 5(2)” mewnosoder “or (2A)”.

(6) Ym mharagraff 5D(1) (adennill cosb fel dyled sifil), yn lle’r geiriau o “be recovered” hyd at y diwedd rhodder “—

(a) in a case which relates to a request for information made by a valuation officer, be recovered by the valuation officer concerned as a civil debt due to the valuation officer;

(b) in a case which relates to a request for information made by a billing authority in Wales, be recovered by the authority concerned as a civil debt due to the authority.”

(7) Ym mharagraff 5E (cyrchfan derbyniadau am gosbau)—

(a) mae’r testun presennol yn dod yn is-baragraff (1);

(b) ar ôl yr is-baragraff hwnnw mewnosoder—

“(2) Any sums received by a billing authority in Wales by way of penalty under paragraph 5A above must be paid into the Welsh Consolidated Fund.”

(8) Ym mharagraff 5F (pŵer Gweinidogion Cymru i wneud rheoliadau mewn perthynas â Chymru mewn cysylltiad â hysbysiadau a ddyroddir gan swyddogion prisio), ar ôl is-baragraff (2)(a) mewnosoder—

“(aa) provision enabling a billing authority in Wales to request or obtain information for the purpose of identifying a person to whom paragraph 5(1D) above applies;”.

(9) Ym mharagraff 5H (pŵer swyddog prisio i wneud gwybodaeth yn ofynnol gan awdurdodau bilio), ar ôl “is to be served” mewnosoder “by the officer”.

(10) Yn adran 143 (y gofynion gweithdrefnol ar gyfer gorchmynion a rheoliadau), ar ôl is-adran (9A) mewnosoder—

“(9AZA) The power of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations under paragraph 5(1D)(c) of Schedule 9 shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and no such regulations shall be made by them unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of Senedd Cymru.”