93Power to obtain contact details for debtorsE+W
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(1)WRA may issue a notice (a “debtor contact notice”) requiring a person (“the third party”) to provide contact details for another person (“the debtor”) only if conditions 1 to 5 are met.
(2)Condition 1 is that an amount by way of—
(a)devolved tax,
(b)interest on devolved tax,
(c)a penalty relating to devolved tax, ...
(d)interest on a penalty relating to devolved tax,
[(e)a payment in respect of a tax credit, or
(f)interest on a payment in respect of a tax credit,]
is payable by the debtor to WRA under an enactment or contract settlement.
(3)Condition 2 is that WRA requires contact details for the debtor for the purpose of collecting that amount.
(4)Condition 3 is that it is reasonable to require the third party to provide the details.
(5)Condition 4 is that—
(a)the third party is a body corporate or unincorporated association, or
(b)WRA has grounds for believing that the third party obtained the details in the course of carrying on a business.
(6)Condition 5 is that nothing in sections 97 to 102 prevents WRA from requiring the third party to provide the details.
(7)But WRA may not issue a debtor contact notice if—
(a)the third party is a charity and obtained the details in the course of providing services free of charge, or
(b)the third party is not a charity but obtained the details in the course of providing services on behalf of a charity that are free of charge to the recipient of the service.
(8)In this section, “contact details”, in relation to a person, means the person's address and any other information about how the person may be contacted.
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