C2C3C4C6C5 Part I Council Tax: England and Wales
Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (31.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/549, art.3.
Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (31.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/550, arts. 3, 4
Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (28.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2825, reg. 3
Pt. 1 modified (24.12.2008) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3022), regs. 1(2), 8
Pt. 1 modified (24.12.2008) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3022), regs. 1(2), 7
C1Chapter I Main provisions
Pt. I Chapter I amended (28.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2825, regs. 44, 49
Administration and appeals
14AF1Regulations about powers to require information
1
The appropriate authority may by regulations provide for the exercise, for prescribed council tax purposes, of—
a
powers to require the provision of information;
b
powers to require a person to enter into arrangements under which access is permitted to the person's electronic records.
2
The appropriate authority may by regulations make provision about arrangements for access to electronic records for prescribed council tax purposes where the arrangements are entered into otherwise than under a requirement of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(b).
3
The appropriate authority may by regulations—
a
make provision about the persons by whom powers conferred by regulations under this section may be exercised;
b
make provision about the persons by whom arrangements under regulations under this section may be made;
c
in particular, make provision for the authorisation by billing authorities of persons to exercise those powers or make those arrangements.
4
The provision that may be made by regulations under this section includes, in particular, provision equivalent to—
a
provision made by a relevant enactment, or
b
provision that is capable of being made under a relevant enactment,
with such modifications as the appropriate authority thinks fit.
5
For the purposes of subsection (4), each of the following enactments as it had effect on the day on which the Local Government Finance Act 2012 was passed is a “relevant enactment”—
a
section 109A(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (application of section 109B of that Act to the Crown);
b
section 109B of that Act (powers to require information);
c
section 110A of that Act (authorisations by local authorities to exercise powers of investigation);
d
section 110AA of that Act (power of local authority to require electronic access to information);
e
section 121DA of that Act (interpretation of Part 6 of that Act);
f
section 191 of that Act (interpretation of that Act).
6
This section does not affect the operation of Schedule 2 (administration of council tax).
7
In this section “council tax purposes” means purposes relating to a person's liability to pay council tax.
Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (6.3.1992) by Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), s. 18(1)(a)(b).