The Community Charges (Registration) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 1991

Schedule 4

11.  In the Appendix to the inquiry form set out in Schedule 4, the following amendments shall be made:—

(a) under the heading “Section 17(10) to (12)” there shall be inserted “(as amended by paragraph 24(1) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989)”; and

(b) after subsection (11) of section 17, there shall be inserted the following subsection:—

“(11A) If, after the imposition of a civil penalty under subsection (10) or (11) above but before the making of any appeal under subsection (12) below against that imposition, the registration officer, in the light of information which he did not consider when imposing the penalty—

(a) is no longer satisfied as to the matter as to which he was satisfied under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (10) above or paragraph (c) of subsection (11) above before imposing the penalty; or

(b) is satisfied that the responsible person upon whom the penalty was imposed did have a reasonable excuse,

he may revoke the imposition of the penalty; and on such revocation any money paid to the regional or islands council by the responsible person by way of that penalty shall be repaid by them to him.”.