9.  Section 330(1) of that Act (power to require information as to interests in land) shall have effect as if—

(a)after the words “local authority”, in the first place where they occur, in subsection (1) there were inserted “or the Urban Regeneration Agency”; and

(b)after those words, in the second place where they occur in subsection (1), and in subsection (3), there were inserted “or the Agency”.