Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Data-gathering Powers (Relevant Data) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 847/2012).

The amendments specify relevant data which an officer of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) may require from the new category of data-holder introduced into Schedule 23 to the Finance Act 2011 (c.11) by section 69 of the Finance (No.2) Act 2017 (c.32).

The new category of data-holder is money service businesses, from whom an officer of HMRC may require data relating to the transactions they conduct, information to facilitate identification of customers and beneficial owners other than the customer, and records required to be kept by these businesses under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/692).

A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on 5th December 2016 alongside legislation to introduce the new category of data-holder to Schedule 23 to the Finance Act 2011 and is available on the government website at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-information-and-impact-notes-tiins. It remains an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument.