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The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Revenue Information) Regulations 2015

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Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 65(5)(b) of the Statistics and Registration Act 2007, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Statistics Board

Made 2015

Laid before Parliament 2015

Coming into force 2015

The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 47(1) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007f1.

In accordance with section 47(8)(b) of that Act these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.

In accordance with section 47(9) of that Act the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Treasury are satisfied that the disclosure authorised by these Regulations is required by the Statistics Board to enable it to carry out the functions in relation to which the disclosure is authorised, and is in the public interest.

In accordance with section 47(12) of that Act the Treasury has consulted with the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

In accordance with section 65(5)(b) of that Act a draft of these Regulations has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c.18.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Disclosure of Revenue Information
  3. 3Disclosure of Revenue Information
  4. 4Purposes for which disclosure is authorised
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Revenue Information) Regulations 2015 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

2Disclosure of Revenue Information

(1)

The Commissioners may disclose to the Statistics Board the information in respect of residential property set out in regulation 3.

(2)

In this regulation, “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs appointed under section 1 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005f1.

3Disclosure of Revenue Information

The information referred to in regulation 2 is, in respect of each residential property appearing on valuation lists in relation to council tax —

(a)

data regarding the physical attributes of the property;

(b)

the address of the property, including postcode;

(c)

the date of last inspection by the Valuation Office Agencyf1;

(d)

the date of allocation to Council Tax Band.

4Purposes for which disclosure is authorised

Information disclosed under regulation 2 may only be used by the Statistics Board for any one or more of its functions, other than its function under section 22 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

Signature

Name

Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General

Date

We consent

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide that the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs may disclose to the Statistics Board information in respect of the attributes of residential property.

Regulation 4 provides that the Statistics Board may only use the information that is disclosed in order to enable it to fulfil its functions, other than its function under section 22 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (the provision of statistical services).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.