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Obligation to give information.
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16.—(1) A local authority may, for any purpose relating to their functions under this Act, by notice in writing, require—
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(a) the occupier of any premises within their functional area, within such period (being not less than fourteen days after the date of the service of the notice) as may be specified in the notice, to furnish in writing to the authority such particulars as to—
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(i) any activity or process being carried out on the premises,
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(ii) any fireplaces in the premises, and
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(iii) the fuels or other materials being burned on the premises,
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as may be so specified,
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(b) the occupier of any premises (other than a private dwelling) within their functional area, within such period as may be specified in the notice, to furnish in writing whether by periodic returns or otherwise, such information concerning any emission from the premises as may be so specified, and
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(c) any person engaged in the production, treatment, importation, placing on the market, distribution or sale of any fuel to furnish in writing to the authority such particulars as to the type and quantity of fuel produced, treated, imported, placed on the market, distributed or sold by such person, as the case may be, within the functional area of the authority concerned as may be specified in the notice.
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(2) A notice under this section, whether or not requiring periodic returns, shall not require the provision of information—
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(a) at intervals of less than three months, or
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(b) in respect of a period in excess of twelve months.
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(3) Any person who has been served with a notice under this section and who furnishes any information in reply to the notice which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence.
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(4) Information furnished to a local authority pursuant to a notice under this section shall not be given by the local authority to any person other than a person prescribed.
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