# Finance Act 2008, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) An officer of Revenue and Customs may by notice in writing require a person—
(a) to provide information, or
(b) to produce a document,
if the information or document is reasonably required by the officer for the purpose of checking the tax position of another person whose identity is known to the officer (“the taxpayer”) or for the purpose of collecting a tax debt of the taxpayer.
(2) A third party notice must name the taxpayer to whom it relates, unless the tribunal has approved the giving of the notice and disapplied this requirement under paragraph 3.
(3) In this Schedule, “third party notice” means a notice under this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/9/schedule/36/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2008/schedule-36/paragraph-2
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