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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Schedule 9 Paragraph 5:
- Sch. 9 para. 5(1) words inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 42
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2024/414 art. 5 Sch. 1 para. 7
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 44A(2A) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 2(b)
- s. 44A(5)(e) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 2(c)
- s. 52A inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 8
- s. 54(7A) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 34
- s. 57A(7A) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 4(d)
- s. 63A(1A) inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 12(1)
- s. 63E inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 12(2)
- s. 67(1A) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 7(a)
- s. 67(8A)(8B) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 37(a)
- s. 143(7A)-(7F) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 8(c)
- s. 143(9AZB) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 39(a)
- Sch. 4ZA inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 1(3)
- Sch. 4ZB inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 2(4)
- Sch. 5A para. 8 inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 38
- Sch. 5A inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 3(3)
- Sch. 9 para. 4B-4H and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 13(2)
- Sch. 9 para. 4I-4M and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 13(3)
- Sch. 9 para. 5BA-5BC and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 13(6)
- Sch. 9 para. 5BD-5BF and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 13(7)
- Sch. 9 para. 5CA and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 46
- Sch. 9 para. 5CB inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 47
- Sch. 9 para. 5F(1A)(1B) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 49(c)
- Sch. 9 para. 5F(A1) inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 49(a)
- Sch. 9 para. 5FA inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 50
- Sch. 9 para. 5FB inserted by 2023 c. 53 Sch. para. 51
- Sch. 9 para. 5ZA 5ZB and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 13(4)
- Sch. 9 para. 5ZC-5ZF and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 13(5)
- Sch. 9 para. 7B inserted by 2023 c. 53 s. 10
5(1)A valuation officer may serve a notice on a person who is an owner or occupier of a hereditament [F1requesting him to supply to the officer information—E+W
(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.]
[F2(1A)A notice under [F3sub-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.]
[F4(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 [F5sub-paragraph (1)] shall supply the information [F6requested]F7... in such form and manner as is [F8specified] in the notice F7....
[F9(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.]
F10(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)If a notice has been served on a person under [F11sub-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.
[F12(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words and para. 5(1)(a)(b) of Sch. 9 substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 139, Sch. 5 para. 46(2)
F2Sch. 9 para. 5(1A) inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 139, Sch. 5 para. 46(2)
F3Words in Sch. 9 para. 5(1A) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 151(2)(a), 175(4)(a)
F4Sch. 9 para. 5(1B)-(1D) inserted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 151(2)(b), 175(4)(a)
F5Words in Sch. 9 para. 5(2) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 151(2)(c), 175(4)(a)
F6Word substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 139, Sch. 5 para. 46(4)(a)
F7Words in Sch. 9 para. 5(2) repealed (18.9.2003) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 72(2), 128(1)(a), Sch. 8 Pt. 1
F8Word substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 139, Sch. 5 para. 46(4)(b)
F9Sch. 9 para. 5(2A) inserted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 151(2)(d), 175(4)(a)
F10Sch. 9 para. 5(3) repealed (18.9.2003) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 72(3), 128(1)(a), Sch. 8 Pt. 1
F11Words in Sch. 9 para. 5(4) substituted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 151(2)(e), 175(4)(a)
F12Sch. 9 para. 5(5) inserted (1.4.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 151(2)(f), 175(4)(a)
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