12(1)Regulations under this Schedule may include provision that any person mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below shall supply to a [F1local]authority such information as fulfils the following conditions—E+W+S
(a)it is in the possession or control of the person concerned;
(b)the authority request the person concerned to supply it;
(c)it is requested by the authority for the purpose of carrying out their functions under Part II of this Act; and
(d)it does not fall within any prescribed description of information which need not be supplied.
[F2(1A)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;
[F3(b) any district council;]
(c)the electoral registration officer for any area in Great Britain;
(d)any community charges registration officer;
(e)the local assessor for the [F4levying] authority’s area; and
(f)any housing body operating in the [F4levying] authority’s area.
(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.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 2 para. 12(1) substituted (S.) (16.2.1996 subject to art. 2(2) of the commencing S.I.) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 176(16)(b) (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 2(1)(b)(c)
F2Sch. 2 para. 12(1A) inserted (31.10.2012) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), s. 17(4)
F3Sch. 2 para. 12(2)(b) repealed (S.) (16.2.1996 subject to art. 2(2) of the commencing S.I.) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14 (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 2(1)(b)(d)(iv)
F4Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(2)(e)(f) repealed (S.) (16.2.1996 subject to art. 2(2) of the commencing S.I.) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14. (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 2(1)(b)(d)(iv)