# The Utilities Act 2000 (Supply of Information) Regulations 2000, Regulation 8: Information the cost or other burden of whose provision is excessive


(1) A licence holder may refuse to supply under section 24 of the Act any information where the cost or effort that would be incurred or suffered by the licence holder in supplying that information would be excessive in relation to the likely benefit of the information to the Council.
(2) In determining the likely benefit of the information to the Council for the purposes of paragraph (1) the following shall be taken into account:
(a) the purposes for which the information is required by the Council; and
(b) the extent to which the provision of the information is necessary or expedient for those purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2956/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-supply-of-information-regulations-2000/regulation-8
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