{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1880",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Information about properties",
  "text": "(1) In this article, “listing officer” means the person appointed for an authority in accordance with section 20 of the Act (listing officers).\n(2) An authority may authorise a contractor to exercise the functions of—\n(a) supplying any information which relates to property and is requested in a notice served under section 27(1) of the Act (information about properties); and\n(b) determining whether, in the course of the exercise of any functions of the authority, any information coming to the notice of the contractor would assist a listing officer in carrying out any of his functions, and supplying such information to the listing officer in compliance with section 27(6) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1880/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:43.687150+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}