Finance Act 2003

Part 5 U.K. Powers of board to call for documents or information

Notice requiring delivery of documents or provision of information U.K.

28 (1) The Board may by notice in writing require a person— U.K.

(a) to deliver to a named officer of the Board such documents as are in the person’s possession or power and (in the Board’s reasonable opinion) contain, or may contain, information relevant to—

(i) any tax liability to which the person is or may be subject, or

(ii) the amount of any such liability, or

(b) to provide to a named officer of the Board such information as the Board may reasonably require as being relevant to, or to the amount of, any such liability.

(2) Notice under this paragraph shall not be given unless the Board have reasonable grounds for believing—

(a) that the person to whom it relates may have failed, or may fail, to comply with any provision of this Part of this Act, and

(b) that any such failure is likely to have led, or to lead, to serious prejudice to the proper assessment or collection of tax.

Contents of notice U.K.

29 U.K. A notice under paragraph 28 must—

(a) specify or describe the documents or information to which it relates, and

(b) require the documents to be delivered or the information to be provided within such time as may be specified in the notice.

Power to take copies of documents etc U.K.

30 U.K. The person to whom documents are delivered, or to whom information is provided, in pursuance of a notice under paragraph 28 may take copies of them or of extracts from them.

Exclusion of personal records or journalistic material U.K.

31 (1) This Part of this Schedule does not apply to documents that are personal records or journalistic material. U.K.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

• “personal records” means personal records as defined in section 12 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) or, in Northern Ireland, in Article 14 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)); and

• “journalistic material” means journalistic material as defined in section 13 of that Act or, in Northern Ireland, in Article 15 of that Order.