29.—(1) Each local authority must provide the following information to the Secretary of State in writing for the purpose of assisting the Secretary of State to carry out the review in accordance with regulation 28—
(a)the number of licences in force for each licensable activity in its area on each reference date, and
(b)the average level of fees it has charged for licences it has granted or renewed for each licensable activity in each reference period.
(2) Each local authority must provide the information to the Secretary of State—
(a)in electronic form, or secure that it is accessible to the Secretary of State in electronic form, and
(b)no later than the next 31st May following the relevant reference date.
(3) In this regulation—
“reference date” means 1st April each year beginning with 1st April 2019;
“reference period” means the period beginning with 1st October 2018 and ending with 31st March 2019, the year beginning with 1st April 2019 and each subsequent year beginning with an anniversary of 1st April 2019.