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These Regulations may be cited as the Community Charges (Cross-Border Information) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (3), any person mentioned in paragraph (2) shall, in accordance with regulation 4, supply to a community charges registration officer for an English or Welsh charging authority such information as fulfils the following conditions–
(a) it is in the possession or control of the person concerned,
(b) the registration officer requests (by notice given in writing) the person concerned to supply it,
(c) it is requested by the registration officer for the purpose of carrying out his functions under Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, and
(d) it does not fall within any description of information in paragraph (3) which need not be supplied.
(2) The persons are–
(a) the community charges registration officer for a Scottish region or islands area,
(b) a Scottish regional council or islands council, and
(c) the assessor or electoral registration officer for any area in Scotland.
(3) Information need not be supplied if it falls within any of the following descriptions–
(a) the information consists of other than the name, address and any past or present place of residence of any person and the dates during which he is known or thought to have resided at that place,
(b) in the case of information in the possession or control of a Scottish regional council or islands council–
(i) it is information relating to employees, former employees or applicants to become employees of such a council, being information held for the purposes of such employment or prospective employment,
(ii) it is information held for the purposes of, or in connection with, the functions of such a council under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, other than information as to the names and addresses of persons or addresses of premises, or
(iii) it is information held for the purposes of, or in connection with, the functions of such a council as police authority.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (3), any person mentioned in paragraph (2) shall, in accordance with regulation 4, supply to a community charges registration officer for a Scottish region or islands area such information as fulfils the following conditions–
(a) it is in the possession or control of the person concerned,
(b) the registration officer requests (by notice given in writing) the person concerned to supply it,
(c) it is requested by the registration officer for the purpose of carrying out his functions under the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987, and
(d) it does not fall within any description of information in paragraph (3) which need not be supplied.
(2) The persons are–
(a) the community charges registration officer for an English or Welsh charging authority,
(b) an English or Welsh charging authority, and
(c) the electoral registration officer for any area in England and Wales.
(3) Information need not be supplied if it falls within any of the following descriptions–
(a) the information consists of other than the name, address and any past or present place of residence of any person and the dates during which he is known or thought to have resided at that place,
(b) in the case of information in the possession or control of an English or Welsh charging authority–
(i) it is information relating to employees, former employees or applicants to become employees of such a council, being information held for the purposes of such employment or prospective employment, or
(ii) it is information held for the purposes of, or in connection with, the functions of such a council (or a committee of such a council) as police authority, or as a constituent council of such an authority.
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Information supplied in pursuance of these Regulations shall be so supplied–
(a) in writing, and
(b) within 21 days of the day on which the request for such information is made.
C. F. Patten
Secretary of State for the Environment
27th July 1989Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
1st August 1989Malcolm Rifkind
Secretary of State for Scotland
28th July 1989