Local Government Finance Act 1988

8 (1) Regulations under this Schedule may include provision that as regards any relevant property one or more individuals (to be called responsible individuals) may be designated by a registration officer for a charging authority, or otherwise identified, in accordance with prescribed rules.

(2) The regulations may include provision that a responsible individual shall supply to a registration officer for a charging authority such information as fulfils the following conditions—

(a) it is in the possession or control of the responsible individual,

(b) the registration officer requests the responsible individual to supply it, and

(c) it is requested by the registration officer with the object of enabling him to form a view whether the responsible individual or any other person is, has been, or is about to become, subject to a community charge of the authority by virtue of the relevant property.

(3) The regulations may include provision that the information is to be supplied in a prescribed form and within a prescribed period of the request being made.

(4) The regulations may include provision allowing or requiring a registration officer for a charging authority to revoke a designation of an individual as a responsible individual.

(5) References to relevant property are to a building, a part of a building, a caravan or a houseboat.