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.