# The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 1996, Article 71: Information


In relation to any function which a contractor is authorised to exercise by the authority, the contractor—
(a) shall take all necessary steps to ensure that he holds lawfully at all times all information obtained, whether from the authority or otherwise, in the course of exercising the function in question;
(b) subject to the provisions of Schedule 15 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (restrictions on disclosure of information), shall not use any such information for any purpose apart from the purpose of lawfully exercising that function on behalf of the authority; and
(c) shall immediately comply with any written request made by the authority for the supply of any information, including copies of any records made or held by the contractor, relating to the exercise of that function.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1880/article/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-71
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