14(1)Where regulations under this Schedule impose a duty on a billing authority to supply information to any person, they may also require—E+W+S
(a)the Secretary of State;
(b)any appropriate precepting authority; or
(c)any appropriate levying body,
to supply the billing authority with prescribed information if the Secretary of State considers it to be information the billing authority needs in order to fulfil its duty.
(2)Where regulations under this Schedule contain provision about the contents or form of a notice to be served by a billing authority, they may also require the Secretary of State or any appropriate precepting authority to supply the billing authority with prescribed information if the Secretary of State considers it to be information the billing authority needs to ensure that the provision is met.
(3)Where any person other than the Secretary of State fails to supply information to a billing authority in accordance with regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above, he shall be liable to indemnify the authority against any loss or damage which the authority sustains in consequence of the failure.
(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above an authority is an appropriate precepting authority in relation to a billing authority if it has power to issue a precept to the billing authority.
(5)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above a body is an appropriate levying body in relation to a billing authority if—
(a)it has power to issue a levy or special levy to the billing authority; or
(b)it has power to issue a levy to a county council which has power to issue a precept to the billing authority.