All I think the sooner this area gets cleared up the better. I have advice from our Council Tax Manager who says that with the demands from the CSA they were advised by our Legal Team that they can disclose via The Child Support (Information, Evidence and Disclosure) Regulations 1992. Anyone any views on this? Doreen -----Original Message----- From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julie Gibbs Sent: 22 July 2005 13:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: 'Tax Credit Act 2002 (Schedule 5)' I'm not sure but I don't think it matters - the fact still remains the IR only has powers to request information from the benefits system under the Tax Credits Act 2002. LA's cannot disclose information from the CTax system which is not compatible with the collection and administration of council tax unless required by law. The IR will need to quote a different enactment to allow the LA to disclose the requested information. Julie Gibbs -----Original Message----- From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roland Perry Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:21 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [data-protection] 'Tax Credit Act 2002 (Schedule 5)' In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 10:14:42 on Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Julie Gibbs <[log in to unmask]> writes > >We had a similar request from IR quoting the Tax Management Act. You can >see from the relevant section of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (Schedule 5 >paragraph 8 - see link below) that they do have the powers to request >information from authorities administering housing benefit and council >tax benefit and you will not be breaching the DPA by disclosing >information from those systems. However, you cannot use the Council Tax >data for any other purpose so the information provided must come from >the benefits system and not the CTax collection database. 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