151.— (1) Notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law, the Revenue Commissioners may, by notice in writing, request a relevant person to provide them with such information as is in the possession or control of the relevant person as the Revenue Commissioners may reasonably require for the purposes of—

(a) establishing, maintaining and ensuring the accuracy of the register referred to in section 27, and

(b) the administration of local property tax.

(2) Where the Revenue Commissioners make a request under subsection (1), the relevant person to whom the request is given shall provide such information as may be specified in the notice within the time limit specified in the notice.

(3) The information which the Revenue Commissioners may request are details in the possession or control of the relevant person of the address or addresses, as the case may be, of residential properties, and in relation to each residential property—

(a) the name of the occupier,

(b) the name of the owner,

(c) the address contained in any geodirectory maintained by any relevant person or such other information as may allow the location of the property to be established,

(d) any unique identification number which the relevant person has assigned to the property or, as the case may be, to any meter or other device located in the property or to the occupier or owner of that property, and

(e) information in relation to the size and type of the property.

(4) The information to be provided by a relevant person under subsection (2) shall be provided in such form and manner as may be specified by the Revenue Commissioners.

(5) Where a relevant person has been requested by notice under subsection (1) to provide information to the Revenue Commissioners and the person fails to provide the information requested—

(a) in the form and manner requested, and

(b) within the time limit specified in the notice,

that person shall be liable to pay a penalty of €100 for each day the failure continues after the time limit specified in the notice.

(6) Where the relevant person referred to in subsection (5) is a body of persons, the secretary shall be liable to pay a separate penalty to the penalty referred to in that subsection of €100 for each day the failure continues after the time limit specified in the notice or a total penalty of €3,000, whichever is less.