The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Revenue Information) Regulations 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1277

Statistics Board

The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Revenue Information) Regulations 2015

Made

25th March 2015

Coming into force

26th March 2015

The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 47(1) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007(1).

In accordance with section 47(8)(b) of that Act these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.

In accordance with section 47(9) of that Act the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Treasury are satisfied that the disclosure authorised by these Regulations is required by the Statistics Board to enable it to carry out the functions in relation to which the disclosure is authorised, and is in the public interest.

In accordance with section 47(12) of that Act the Treasury has consulted with the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

In accordance with section 65(5)(b) of that Act a draft of these Regulations has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and Commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Revenue Information) Regulations 2015 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Disclosure of Revenue Information

2.—(1) The Commissioners may disclose to the Statistics Board the information in respect of residential property set out in regulation 3.

(2) In this regulation, “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs appointed under section 1 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005(2).

3.  The information referred to in regulation 2 is, in respect of each residential property appearing on valuation lists in relation to council tax —

(a) data regarding the physical attributes of the property;

(b) the address of the property, including postcode;

(c) the date of last inspection by the Valuation Office Agency(3);

(d) the date of allocation to Council Tax Band.

Purposes for which disclosure is authorised

4.  Information disclosed under regulation 2 may only be used by the Statistics Board for any one or more of its functions, other than its function under section 22 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

Francis Maude

Minister for the Cabinet Office

25th March 2015

We consent

Rob Wilson, Minister for Civil Society

Mark Lancaster, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

David Evennett, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

25th March 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations provide that the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs may disclose to the Statistics Board information in respect of the attributes of residential property.

Regulation 4 provides that the Statistics Board may only use the information that is disclosed in order to enable it to fulfil its functions, other than its function under section 22 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (the provision of statistical services).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2007 c.18.

(2)

2005 c.11.

(3)

The Valuation Office Agency is an Executive Agency of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.