{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Information from residents, etc.",
  "text": "An authority may authorise a contractor to exercise the functions of—\n(a) requesting the person who appears to be the resident, owner or managing agent of a particular dwelling to supply information for the purposes of identifying the person who is liable to pay council tax in relation to the dwelling;\n(b) specifying in the request the form in which the information is to be supplied; and\n(c) identifying the person who is, or is in its opinion, liable (whether solely or jointly and severally) to pay council tax in relation to the dwelling.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}