# Local Government Finance Act 1988, Paragraph 5

Extent: E+W

(1) A valuation officer may serve a notice on a person who is an owner or occupier of a hereditament requesting him to supply to the officer information—
(a) which is specified in the notice, and
(b) which the officer reasonably believes will assist him in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on him by or under this Part.
(1A) A notice under sub-paragraph (1) must state that the officer believes the information requested will assist him in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on him by or under this Part.
(1B) A billing authority in Wales may serve a notice on a person to whom sub-paragraph (1D) applies, requesting the person to supply to the authority information—
(a) which is specified in the notice,
(b) which relates to a hereditament in the authority's area specified in the notice, and
(c) which the authority reasonably believes will assist it in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this Part.
(1C) A notice under sub-paragraph (1B) must state that the billing authority believes the information will assist it in carrying out functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this Part.
(1D) This sub-paragraph applies to—
(a) a person who is an owner of the hereditament specified in the notice under sub-paragraph (1B);
(b) a person who is an occupier of such a hereditament;
(c) a person who, in relation to the hereditament specified in the notice under sub-paragraph (1B), is carrying on a business of a description specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.
(2) A person on whom a notice is served under sub-paragraph (1) shall supply the information requested... in such form and manner as is specified in the notice ....
(2A) A person on whom a notice is served under sub-paragraph (1B) must supply the information requested in the form and manner specified in the notice.
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(4) If a notice has been served on a person under sub-paragraph (1), and in supplying information in purported compliance with sub-paragraph (2) above he makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both.
(5) If a notice has been served on a person under sub-paragraph (1B), and in supplying information in purported compliance with sub-paragraph (2A) the person makes a statement knowing it to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, the person is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/41/schedule/9/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1988/schedule-9/paragraph-5
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