{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/14",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Finance Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a person is requested by a billing authority to supply information under any provision included in regulations under paragraph 2, 3, 9 or 10(2) of Schedule 2 to this Act, the authority may impose a penalty of £70 on him if—\n(a) he fails to supply the information in accordance with the provision; or\n(b) in purported compliance with the provision he knowingly supplies information which is inaccurate in a material particular.\n(2) In any case where—\n(a) a person is required by any provision included in regulations under paragraph 4, 5, 9 or 10(2) of Schedule 2 to this Act to notify a billing authority; and\n(b) he fails without reasonable excuse to notify the authority in accordance with the provision,\nthe authority may impose a penalty of £70 on him.\n(3) Where a penalty has been imposed on a person under sub-paragraph (1) above and he is requested by the authority again to supply the same information under the same provision, the authority may impose a further penalty of £280 on him if—\n(a) he fails to supply the information in accordance with the provision; or\n(b) in purported compliance with the provision he knowingly supplies information which is inaccurate in a material particular.\n(4) Sub-paragraph (3) above applies each time the authority repeats a request.\n(5) A penalty under this paragraph shall be paid to the authority imposing it.\n(6) An authority may quash a penalty imposed by it under this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1) substituted (1.5.2008) by Local Government Finance (England) (Substitution of Penalties) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/981), arts. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(2) substituted (1.5.2008) by Local Government Finance (England) (Substitution of Penalties) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/981), arts. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(3) substituted (1.5.2008) by Local Government Finance (England) (Substitution of Penalties) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/981), arts. 1(1), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/14/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:10.132114+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."
}