440Information, assistance and cooperation

440 Information, assistance and cooperation

440 Information, assistance and cooperation

(1) The Council, the Commissioner and the local regulatory authorities are each to ensure, as far as practicable, that—

(a) relevant information in connection with the exercise of their respective functions is—

(i) shared between them in accordance with arrangements agreed between them; and

(ii) provided expeditiously, at the request of one of them to the other; and

(b) their respective functions are, where relevant, exercised in a cooperative manner.

(2) The local regulatory authorities are to provide information and other assistance to the Council and the Commissioner in order to assist them in exercising responsibilities and functions under this Chapter. For that purpose, the Council and the Commissioner may specify the kind of information or other assistance they respectively require and the periods within which or times by which it is to be provided.

(3) A reference in this section to a local regulatory authority, the Council or the Commissioner includes a reference to their delegates and to the Admissions Committee.