Clementine Amawo on 17 May 2004 at 11:06 said:-
> If this is so, then our Council Tax and Confidentality
> policies are wrong. Or is he pulling a fast one?
You would need to ask what powers they were using to demand the data, as
well as confirming the legislative base for those powers. (Your existing
policies may quote those issues from when they were written and referenced,
only then requiring a check for any changes to those quoted references.)
As Ian B mentions, s.29 does not preclude disclosure, it merely allows it.
Experience taught me that many people state you have no option, but when
asked for the basis of that lack of option were unable to provide any.
Ian W
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> I have had a call from someone from the Revenue Dept of a
> borough council, challenging our policy on not giving out
> forwarding addresses of tenants who they're chasing for
> Council Tax payment (eg They want Mr Smith to pay for his
> time at 1 Jones Street, but Mr Smith now lives in another
> Circle 33 property at 1 Bloggs Lane). Our policy says that we
> can only forward correspondence on for them, we can't give
> them Mr Smith's new address.
>
> However, the person at the borough council says that we're
> the only RSL (Registered Social Landlord) he knows that does
> this as section 29 of the Data Protection Act 1998 says that
> Revenue Departments have the right to this sort of info in
> the course of assessment or collection of tax.
>
> If this is so, then our Council Tax and Confidentality
> policies are wrong. Or is he pulling a fast one?
>
> Help and advice appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Clementine
> Information Management Officer (IT)
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