Regulation 3 Amendment of the Data-gathering Powers (Relevant Data) Regulations 2012

For regulation 2 substitute—

“2.

In these Regulations—

• “company registration number” has the same meaning as “registered number” in section 1066 of the Companies Act 2006^f1;

• “identifying information” means information which identifies a person or an account and includes—

  1. (a)

     any unique or generic identifier or reference number allocated by, or used by, the data-holder for the purposes of identifying a person or account, or classifying the trade of a person or account;

  2. (b)

     name, address (including email, website, and any other electronic address), and telephone number associated with a person or account;

  3. (c)

     company registration number or national insurance number, unique taxpayer reference, VAT number, any other unique government-issued identifier associated with a person or account;

  4. (d)

     in relation to a person, whether that person is an individual, partnership, limited company, or has any other legal status;

• “Schedule 23” means Schedule 23 to the Finance Act 2011;

• “VAT number” has the same meaning as “registration number” in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the Value Added Tax Regulations 1995^f2.”.