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Paragraph 5 I1C1C2C3C4

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

An authorised 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 condition in sub-paragraph (2) is met.

(2)

That condition is that the information or document is reasonably required by the officer for the purpose of checking the F1... tax position of F2or for the purpose of collecting a tax debt of—

(a)

a person whose identity is not known to the officer, or

(b)

a class of persons whose individual identities are not known to the officer.

(3)

An officer of Revenue and Customs may not give a notice under this paragraph without the approval of the F3tribunal .

F4(3A)

An application for approval under this paragraph may be made without notice.

(4)

The F5tribunal may not F6approve the giving of a notice under this paragraph unless it is satisfied that—

(a)

the notice would meet the condition in sub-paragraph (2),

(b)

there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person or any of the class of persons to whom the notice relates may have failed or may fail to comply with any provision of F7the law (including the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom) relating to tax,

(c)

any such failure is likely to have led or to lead to serious prejudice to the assessment or collection of F8... tax, and

(d)

the information or document to which the notice relates is not readily available from another source.

F9(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 36 para. 5(2) omitted (1.4.2012 with application in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 2(5)(b)) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 24 para. 2(2)(5)(a)

F2

Words in Sch. 36 para. 5(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 127(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 127(4)

F3

Word in Sch. 36 para. 5(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 471(2)

F4

Sch. 36 para. 5(3A) inserted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 3(2)

F5

Word in Sch. 36 para. 5(4) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 471(2)

F6

Words in Sch. 36 para. 5(4) substituted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 3(3)

F7

Words in Sch. 36 para. 5(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2012 with application in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 2(5)(b)) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 24 para. 2(3)(a)(5)(a)

F8

Word in Sch. 36 para. 5(4)(c) omitted (1.4.2012 with application in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 2(5)(b)) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 24 para. 2(3)(b)(5)(a)

F9

Sch. 36 para. 5(5) omitted (1.4.2012 with application in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 2(5)(b)) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 24 para. 2(4)(5)(a)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 36 applied (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 14 para. 17(1)

C2

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 13 para. 6(1)(3)

C3

Sch. 36 para. 5 applied (with modifications) (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 14 para. 19

C4

Sch. 36 modified (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 14 para. 18

Commencement

I1

Sch. 36 para. 5 in force at 1.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/404, art. 2

Notes on Schedule 36

Modifications

C1

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 60(1)(2) (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C2

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/128), regs. 1(1), 28(2)(3)

C3

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/128), regs. 1(1), 56

C4

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 33(2)(3) (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C5

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/128), regs. 1(1), 55(1)(2)

C6

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 61 (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C7

Sch. 36 modified (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 36(1)

C8

Sch. 36 modified (22.3.2011) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2011 (c. 3), ss. 9(5), 13(2)

C9

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (19.4.2013) by The Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/938), regs. 1, 5

C10

Sch. 36 applied (19.4.2013) by The Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/938), regs. 1, 5(1)

C11

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 78(1)(2)

C12

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 77(1)(2)

C13

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 43(2)(3)

C14

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (1.1.2017) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 162(2), Sch. 20 paras. 18-21; S.I. 2016/1249, reg. 2

C15

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with s. 121(6) of the amending Act) by 2014 c. 26, s. 272A (as inserted by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), Sch. 30 para. 4)

C16

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 62 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 16 paras. 40-43 (as amended (with effect in accordance with s. 123(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 123(4)-(7))

C20

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (1.5.2023) by The Value Added Tax (Margin Schemes and Removal or Export of Goods: VAT-related Payments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/68), arts. 1(1), 12 (with art. 1(2))

Notes on Part 1

Modifications

C1

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 62 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 16 paras. 40-43