52(1)Section 73 (information) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2) after “require” there shall be inserted “the Secretary of State or”.
(3)The following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (2)—
“(2A)Where regulations under Schedule 2 or 9 below contain provision about the contents or form of a notice to be served by a charging authority, they may also require the Secretary of State or any appropriate precepting authority to supply the charging authority with prescribed information if the Secretary of State considers it to be information the charging authority needs to ensure that the provision is met.
(2B)Where any person other than the Secretary of State fails to supply information to a charging authority in accordance with regulations by virtue of subsection (2) or (2A) above he shall be liable to indemnify the authority against any loss or damage which the authority sustains in consequence of the failure.”
(4)In subsection (3) after “(2)” there shall be inserted “or (2A)”.