Part 4Flood risk management: local authority functions
General
68Information about ownership etc. of land
1
For the purposes of enabling it to exercise any of its functions under this Part, a local authority may require any person it believes to be the owner or occupier of any land to state in writing—
a
the nature of the person’s interest in that land, and
b
the name and address of any other person known to the person as having a interest in that land.
2
Any person who—
a
fails to comply with a requirement of a local authority under this section, or
b
in answer to any such requirement, intentionally or recklessly makes any statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.