SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 23 U.K.Data-gathering powers

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 23 applied by S.I. 2009/470 reg. 33(1) (as substituted (6.4.2013) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/607), regs. 1(1), 9))

C2 Sch. 23 applied (16.6.2016) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 43(1)

Part 5 U.K.Miscellaneous provision and interpretation

General interpretation U.K.

47 U.K.In this Schedule—

• “address” includes an electronic address;

• “body of persons” has the same meaning as in TMA 1970;

• “chargeable period” means a tax year, accounting period or other period for which a tax is charged;

• “charity” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to FA 2010;

• “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

• “company” has the meaning given by section 288(1) of TCGA 1992;

• “data” includes information held in any form;

• “the data-holder”, in relation to a data-holder notice, means the person to whom the notice is addressed;

• “data-holder notice” is defined in paragraph 1;

• “dividend” includes any kind of distribution;

• “document” includes a copy of a document (see also section 114 of FA 2008);

• “employment”, “employee” and “employer” have the same meaning as in Parts 2 to 7 of ITEPA 2003 (see, in particular, sections 4 and 5 of that Act);

• “HMRC” means Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

• “local authority” has the meaning given in section 999 of ITA 2007;

• “provide” includes make available for inspection;

• “specify” includes describe;

• “securities” includes—

  (a)

  shares and stock,

  (b)

  debentures, including debenture stock, loan stock, bonds, certificates of deposit and other instruments creating or acknowledging indebtedness, and

  (c)

  warrants or other instruments entitling the holder to subscribe for or otherwise acquire anything within paragraph (a) or (b),

  issued by or on behalf of a person resident in, or a government or public or local authority of, any country (including a country outside the United Kingdom);

• “shares” is to be construed in accordance with [F1 section 99] of TCGA 1992;

• “tax functions” means functions relating to tax;

• “the tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under the Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 23 para. 47 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Collective Investment Schemes and Offshore Funds (Amendment of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1204), regs. 1(1), 15