Regulation 26 Community charges registration officer

For the purposes of section 26 of the 1988 Act (community charges registration officer), the community charges registration officer for any county council which has the rights and duties of a charging authority by virtue of regulation 24 shall on or after the reorganisation date be the officer having responsibility for the administration of the county council’s financial affairs under section 151 of the 1972 Act (financial administration).

Any action or proceeding pending or existing immediately before the reorganisation date by, or against, the community charges registration officer of an abolished authority may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, the community charges registration officer of the relevant successor authority.