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6 Community charges register.
(1) The registration officer for a charging authority shall compile, and then maintain, a community charges register for the authority in accordance with this Part.
(2) A charging authority’s register must be compiled on or before 1 December 1989.
(3) A charging authority’s register shall contain an item in relation to each community charge of the authority to which a person becomes subject on or after 1 December 1989.
(4) The item shall state—
(a) whether the charge is a personal, a standard or a collective community charge,
(b) the person’s name,
(c) the day of his becoming subject to the charge and (if applicable) the day of his ceasing to be subject to it, and
(d) which (if any) of the days on which he is shown in the register as subject to the charge is a day on which he is undertaking a full-time course of education.
(5) The item shall also state—
(a) in the case of a personal community charge, the address of the residence by virtue of which the person is subject to the charge,
(b) in the case of a standard community charge, the address of the property by virtue of which the person is subject to the charge and (if different) his residential address for the time being, and
(c) in the case of a collective community charge, the address of the dwelling by virtue of which the person is subject to the charge and (if different) his residential address for the time being.
(6) The item shall also state, in the case of a standard community charge, the class (if any) which is for the time being specified under section 40 below and into which the property concerned falls.
(7) Where a person is subject to a personal community charge, and the place of residence giving rise to the charge has no address, under subsection (5)(a) above the item shall state that place.
(8) A registration officer’s duty to compile and maintain a register in accordance with this Part includes the duty to take reasonable steps to obtain information for that purpose under the powers conferred on him.
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6 Community charges register.
(1) The registration officer for a charging authority shall compile, and then maintain, a community charges register for the authority in accordance with this Part.
(2) A charging authority’s register must be compiled on or before 1 December 1989.
(3) A charging authority’s register shall contain an item in relation to each community charge of the authority to which a person becomes subject on or after 1 December 1989.
(4) The item shall state—
(a) whether the charge is a personal, a standard or a collective community charge,
(b) the person’s name,
(c) the day of his becoming subject to the charge and (if applicable) the day of his ceasing to be subject to it, and
(d) which (if any) of the days on which he is shown in the register as subject to the charge is a day on which he is undertaking a full-time course of education.
(5) The item shall also state—
(a) in the case of a personal community charge, the address of the residence by virtue of which the person is subject to the charge,
(b) in the case of a standard community charge, the address of the property by virtue of which the person is subject to the charge and (if different) his residential address for the time being, and
(c) in the case of a collective community charge, the address of the dwelling by virtue of which the person is subject to the charge and (if different) his residential address for the time being.
(6) The item shall also state, in the case of a standard community charge, the class (if any) which is for the time being specified under section 40 below and into which the property concerned falls.
(7) Where a person is subject to a personal community charge, and the place of residence giving rise to the charge has no address, under subsection (5)(a) above the item shall state that place.
(8) A registration officer’s duty to compile and maintain a register in accordance with this Part includes the duty to take reasonable steps to obtain information for that purpose under the powers conferred on him.
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