The Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 No. 216

PART 11 Information

SECTION 1 Claims and information

Forwarding of information

79.  A relevant authority which holds relevant information—

(a) shall forward it to the person or authority for the time being administering claims to or awards of council tax benefit to which the relevant information relates, being—

(i) a local authority;

(ii) a person providing services to a local authority; or

(iii) a person authorised to exercise any function of a local authority relating to council tax benefit; and

(b) may continue to hold a record of such information, whether as supplied or obtained or recorded, for such period as it considers appropriate.