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Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

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56 Duty of existing authorities and assessors to provide information to new authorities.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, existing local authorities and assessors shall provide new authorities with such information as the latter may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out, whether before or after 1st April 1996, any of their functions. (2) A new authority may not require information to be provided from any existing authority or assessor whose area does not correspond, at least in part, with the area of the new authority. (3) An assessor shall not be required under subsection (1) above to provide any information to a new authority which he is not required to provide to an existing authority. (4) In this section— “assessor” means an assessor appointed under section 116 of the 1973 Act (appointment of assessors); “existing local authority” includes a joint committee and a joint board; and “new authority” means any of the authorities constituted under section 2 of this Act, and includes a joint board.

Your change, as a redline

56 Duty of existing authorities and assessors to provide information to new authorities.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, existing local authorities and assessors shall provide new authorities with such information as the latter may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out, whether before or after 1st April 1996, any of their functions. (2) A new authority may not require information to be provided from any existing authority or assessor whose area does not correspond, at least in part, with the area of the new authority. (3) An assessor shall not be required under subsection (1) above to provide any information to a new authority which he is not required to provide to an existing authority. (4) In this section— “assessor” means an assessor appointed under section 116 of the 1973 Act (appointment of assessors); “existing local authority” includes a joint committee and a joint board; and “new authority” means any of the authorities constituted under section 2 of this Act, and includes a joint board.

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