5(1)A person meets this condition if the person fails to comply with any of the following provisions of Part 7 of FA 2004 (disclosure of tax avoidance schemes)—U.K.
(a)section 308(1) and (3) (duty of promoter in relation to notifiable proposals and notifiable arrangements);
(b)section 309(1) (duty of person dealing with promoter outside the United Kingdom);
(c)section 310 (duty of parties to notifiable arrangements not involving promoter);
(d)section 313ZA (duty of promoter to provide details of clients).
[F1(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a person (“P”) fails to comply with a provision mentioned in that sub-paragraph if and only if any of conditions A to C are met.
(3)Condition A is met if—
(a)the tribunal has determined that P has failed to comply with the provision concerned,
(b)the appeal period has ended, and
(c)the determination has not been overturned on appeal.
(4)Condition B is met if—
(a)the tribunal has determined for the purposes of section 118(2) of TMA 1970 that P is to be deemed not to have failed to comply with the provision concerned as P had a reasonable excuse for not doing the thing required to be done,
(b)the appeal period has ended, and
(c)the determination has not been overturned on appeal.
(5)Condition C is met if P has admitted in writing to HMRC that P has failed to comply with the provision concerned.
(6)The “appeal period” means—
(a)the period during which an appeal could be brought against the determination of the tribunal, or
(b)where an appeal mentioned in paragraph (a) has been brought, the period during which that appeal has not been finally determined, withdrawn or otherwise disposed of.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 34 para. 5(2)-(6) substituted for Sch. 34 para. 5(2) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 19 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), Sch. 19 para. 6