155 Power to require information for purposes of scheme.S
(1)Without prejudice to the provisions of section 325 (power of local authority to require occupier to state interest), a local authority may—
(a)for the purpose of ascertaining whether a house or building is registrable, and
(b)for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars to be entered in the register as regards the house or building,
require any person who has an estate or interest in, or who lives in, the house or building to state in writing any information in his possession which the authority may reasonably require for that purpose.
(2)Any person who, having been required in pursuance of this section to give information to a local authority, fails to give information, or knowingly makes any mis-statement in respect of it, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.