Local Government Finance Act 1988

[F1 8A (1) A person may require a valuation officer of a billing authority in Wales to give access to such information as will enable the person to establish what is the state of a list, or has been its state at any time since it came into force, if— E+W

(a) the officer is maintaining the list, and

(b) the list is in force or has been in force at any time in the preceding 5 years.

(2) A person may require a billing authority in Wales to give access to such information as will enable the person to establish—

(a) what is the state of the authority’s copy of a local non-domestic rating list, or

(b) what has been its state at any time since the list was compiled,

if the list is in force or has been in force at any time in the preceding 5 years.

(3) A person may require the Welsh Ministers to give access to such information as will enable the person to establish—

(a) what is the state of the Welsh Ministers’ copy of a central non-domestic rating list, or

(b) what has been its state at any time since the list was compiled,

if the list is in force or has been in force at any time in the preceding 5 years.

(4) A person may require a billing authority in Wales to give access to such information as will enable the person to establish what is the state of a copy of a proposed local non-domestic rating list if—

(a) the authority is keeping the copy under section 41ZA(7), and

(b) the list itself is not yet in force.

(5) A person may require the Welsh Ministers to give access to such information as will enable the person to establish what is the state of a copy of a proposed central non-domestic rating list if—

(a) the Welsh Ministers are keeping the copy under section 52ZA(7), and

(b) the list itself is not yet in force.

(6) A requirement under sub-paragraphs (1) to (5) must be complied with at a reasonable time and place.

(7) Where access is given under this paragraph to information in documentary form the person to whom access is given may—

(a) make copies of the document or of parts of the document;

(b) require a person having custody of the document to supply a photographic copy of it or of parts of it.

(8) Where access is given under this paragraph to information in a form that is not documentary, the person to whom access is given may—

(a) make transcripts of (or of extracts from) the information;

(b) require a person having control of access to the information to supply a copy in documentary form of (or of extracts from) the information.

(9) No payment may be required for giving access to information under sub-paragraphs (1) to (5), but a reasonable charge may be required for a facility under sub-paragraph (7) or (8), and if it is required, the sub-paragraph concerned does not apply unless the charge is paid.

(10) If without reasonable excuse a person having custody of a document containing, or having control of access to, information access to which is sought under this paragraph—

(a) intentionally obstructs a person in exercising a right under sub-paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7)(a) or (8)(a), or

(b) refuses to comply with a requirement under sub-paragraph (7)(b) or (8)(b),

that person is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 9 para. 8A inserted (16.11.2024) by Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 6), s. 23(2)(a), Sch. para. 1(23)(d)