# The Community Charges (Registration) (Scotland) (No.2) Regulations 1988, Regulation 12: Information from responsible person


(1) For the purposes of section 17(5) of the Act, the registration officer —
(a) may, during the period commencing on 1st October 1988 and ending on 31st March 1989, and
(b) shall, at any time during the year beginning on 1st April 1989 and at any time during each subsequent year,
send —
(i) an inquiry form to any responsible person in relation to any premises in his registration area;
(ii) when he considers that he requires information from any responsible person additional to that given to him in an inquiry form, a supplementary inquiry form to that person; and
(iii) when he considers that the information given to him in pursuance of an inquiry form or supplementary inquiry form may be out of date, a further inquiry form to any responsible person.
(2) The information which a responsible person can be required by a registration officer to give under section 17(5) of the Act shall be —
(a) information as to the matters set out in the inquiry form, and
(b) information as to the matters which are specified by the registration officer in the supplementary inquiry form, being information as to matters which are supplemental, consequential or incidental to the matters set out in the inquiry form or to the information given by the responsible person in respect of those matters,
which shall be given by completing and returning the inquiry form or, as the case may be, the supplementary inquiry form to the registration officer within 21 days beginning on the day after the day on which the registration officer sends the inquiry form or, as the case may be, the supplementary inquiry form to the responsible person.
(3) Where a responsible person is, or has been, required to give information under section 17(5) of the Act, the registration officer may require him to submit such documentary or other evidence in support of that information as he may specify in the supplementary inquiry form.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation —
(a) an inquiry form or supplementary inquiry form shall be in the form set out in Schedule 4 or, as the case may be, Schedule 5 to these Regulations or in a form substantially to the like effect, and
(b) an inquiry form or supplementary inquiry form shall be treated as being sent if it is sent by post or delivered by hand.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1539/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-charges-registration-scotland-no2-regulations-1988/regulation-12
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