SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 Local Government Finance Act 1988: Amendments

Non-domestic rating

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1

Paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 (power to require information to be supplied to a valuation officer) shall be amended as follows.

2

In sub-paragraph (1) for the words from “requiring” to the end there shall be substituted

requesting him to supply to the officer information—

a

which is specified in the notice, and

b

which the officer reasonably believes will assist him in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on him by or under this Part.

3

After sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

1A

A notice under this paragraph must state that the officer believes the information requested will assist him in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on him by or under this Part.

4

In sub-paragraph (2)—

a

for “required” (in the first place where the word occurs) there shall be substituted “ requested ”, and

b

for “required” (in the second place where the word occurs) there shall be substituted “ specified ”.