Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970

518Disclosure of information

(1)Where, under the law in force in any territory outside the United Kingdom, provision is made for the allowance, in respect of the payment of United Kingdom income tax or corporation tax, of relief from tax payable under that law, the obligation as to secrecy imposed by the Tax Acts upon persons employed in relation to Inland Revenue shall not prevent the disclosure to the authorised officer of the government of the territory in question of such facts as may be necessary to enable the proper relief to be given under the law thereof.

Section 498(6) above shall apply to the interpretation of this subsection as it applies to the interpretation of that section.

(2)Where any arrangements have effect by virtue of section 497 above, the obligation as to secrecy imposed by any enactment shall not prevent the Board, or any authorised officer of the Board, from disclosing to any authorised officer of the government with which the arrangements are made such information as is required to be disclosed under the arrangements.

(3)Where a person beneficially entitled to income from any securities as defined by section 24 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (information as to income from securities) is resident in a territory to which arrangements having effect under the said section 497 with respect to income tax or corporation tax relate, subsection (3) of the said section 24 shall not exempt any bank from the duty of disclosing to the Board particulars relating to the income of that person.

(4)The obligation as to secrecy imposed by any enactments with regard to income tax or corporation tax shall not prevent the disclosure, to any authorised officer of any country to which a declaration under section 514 above relates, of such facts as may be necessary to enable relief to be duly given in accordance with the arrangements specified in the declaration.