1 Without any doubt, you are absolutely correct- Consent does not
allow the Council to disclose Council Tax data under the Finance Act and
the Finance Act is specific to usage.
2 I would have thought this was unfair?
Arthur
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Sent: 24 August 2004 11:12
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Another one..............A landlord in a Housing Association has put a
clause in his contracts with his tenants that if they disappear
(probably owing arrears) they sign up to granting the Housing Authority
permission to obtain their new address from the Council through Council
Tax records.
My initial response is..........the Housing Association may have an
agreement with their tenants and even if they give consent to the
Housing Association under CT legislation we cannot give that information
out. The CT records are for those purposes only and we cannot give
information out to utilities. We have no agreement with the Housing
Association to disclose that information and I feel that this is a
definite no:no under CT legislation.
Any thoughts...am I wrong.
Doreen
Doreen Broom
Access to Information Officer
Scottish Borders Council
Tel: 01835 826516
Fax: 01835 825041
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