SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9 Non-Domestic Rating: Administration
Information
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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—
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.
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A notice under this paragraph 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.
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If a person on whom a notice is served under this paragraph fails without reasonable excuse to comply with sub-paragraph (2) above, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
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If a notice has been served on a person under this paragraph, 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.