Explanatory note

Community charges registration officers in Scotland, and those in England and Wales, are under a duty to compile and maintain community charges registers under Part II of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 and Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 respectively.

For the purposes of assisting them in that duty, regulation 2 requires community charges registration officers, assessors and electoral registration officers in Scotland, and Scottish regional and islands councils to supply (subject to certain exceptions) information on request to community charges registration officers in England and Wales. Regulation 3 similarly requires community charges registration officers and electoral registration officers in England and Wales and English and Welsh charging authorities to supply information on request to Scottish community charges registration officers.

Under regulation 4, information must be supplied in writing and within 21 days of the day on which the request is made.