Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 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))
C2Sch. 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)
C3Sch. 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
C4Sch. 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))
C5Sch. 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)
C6Sch. 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))
C7Sch. 36 modified (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 36(1)
C8Sch. 36 modified (22.3.2011) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2011 (c. 3), ss. 9(5), 13(2)
C9Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (19.4.2013) by The Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/938), regs. 1, 5
C10Sch. 36 applied (19.4.2013) by The Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/938), regs. 1, 5(1)
C11Sch. 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)
C12Sch. 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)
C13Sch. 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)
C14Sch. 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
C15Sch. 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)
C16Sch. 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))
C17Sch. 36 applied (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 14 para. 17(1)
C18Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 13 para. 6(1)(3)
C19Sch. 36 modified (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 14 para. 18
C20Sch. 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))
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 36 Pt. 2 heading substituted (1.4.2010) by The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 1, Sch. para. 15
10(1)An officer of Revenue and Customs may enter a person's business premises and inspect—U.K.
(a)the premises,
(b)business assets that are on the premises, and
(c)business documents that are on the premises,
if the inspection is reasonably required for the purpose of checking that person's tax position.
(2)The powers under this paragraph do not include power to enter or inspect any part of the premises that is used solely as a dwelling.
(3)In this Schedule—
“business assets” means assets that an officer of Revenue and Customs has reason to believe are owned, leased or used in connection with the carrying on of a business by any person [F2(but see sub-paragraph (4))],
“business documents” means documents (or copies of documents)—
that relate to the carrying on of a business by any person, and
that form part of any person's statutory records, and
“business premises”, in relation to a person, means premises (or any part of premises) that an officer of Revenue and Customs has reason to believe are (or is) used in connection with the carrying on of a business by or on behalf of the person.
[F3(4)For the purposes of this Schedule, “business assets” does not include documents, other than—
(a)documents that are trading stock for the purposes of Chapter 11A of Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005 (see section 172A of that Act), and
(b)documents that are plant for the purposes of Part 2 of CAA 2001.]
[F4(5)In sub-paragraph (1), the reference to a person's tax position does not include a reference to a person's position as regards soft drinks industry levy.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 36 para. 10(3) substituted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 5(2)
F3Sch. 36 para. 10(4) inserted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 5(3)
F4Sch. 36 para. 10(5) inserted (6.4.2018) by Finance Act 2017 (c. 10), s. 61(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2018/464, art. 2(e)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C21Sch. 36 para. 10(2) applied (20.3.2014) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 5(1) of the amending Act) by 2004 c. 12, s. 153B(4) (as inserted by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 7 paras. 3, 5(1))
C22Sch. 36 para. 10(2) applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 8(1) of the amending Act) by 2004 c. 12, s. 159B(3) (as inserted by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 7 paras. 7, 8(3))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 36 para. 10 in force at 1.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/404, art. 2