30After section 271F insert—
(1)An obligation or liability attaching to a non-UK resident (“X”) by reason of a notice or other document having been given or served on X does not also attach to the UK representative of X by virtue of section 271F unless the notice or other document (or a copy of it) has been given to or served on the representative.
(2)An obligation or liability attaching to X by reason of a request or demand having been received by X does not also attach to the UK representative of X by virtue of section 271F unless the representative has been notified of the request or demand.
(3)Subsection (4) applies to obligations relating to the provision of information that are imposed on the UK representative of X by section 271F in a case where the representative is X’s independent agent.
(4)The obligations do not require the UK representative to do anything except so far as it is practicable for the representative to do so.
(5)For this purpose, the representative must act to the best of the representative’s knowledge and belief after taking all reasonable steps to obtain the necessary information.
(6)An obligation of X to provide information is not discharged by virtue of section 271F in a case where the UK representative of X has discharged the obligation only so far as required by subsection (4) of this section.
(7)X is not bound by virtue of section 271F by mistakes in information provided by the UK representative of X in discharging, so far as required under subsection (4) of this section, an obligation imposed on the representative by section 271F unless—
(a)the mistake is the result of an act or omission of X, or
(b)the mistake is one to which X consented or in which X connived.
(8)In this section “information” includes anything contained in a return, self-assessment, account, statement or report required to be provided to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs or to any officer of Revenue and Customs.”