Local Government and Housing Act 1989

46(1)Paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 (power to require information to be supplied to a valuation officer) shall be amended as follows.E+W

(2)In sub-paragraph (1) for the words from “requiring” to the end there shall be substituted requesting him to supply to the officer information—

(a)which is specified in the notice, and

(b)which the officer reasonably believes will assist him in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on him by or under this Part.

(3)After sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

(1A)A notice under this paragraph must state that the officer believes the information requested will assist him in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on him by or under this Part.

(4)In sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)for “required” (in the first place where the word occurs) there shall be substituted “ requested ”, and

(b)for “required” (in the second place where the word occurs) there shall be substituted “ specified ”.