Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005

Type Public General Act
Publication 2005-04-07
Last updated 2026-02-12
State In force
Department Statute Law Database
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S. 19(4)-(7) applied (1.8.2022 for specified purposes, 12.10.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 40(6), 69(1); S.I. 2022/876, reg. 3(l); S.I. 2022/1039, reg. 2(a)

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S. 19 applied by 1988 c. 41, s. 63D(8) (as inserted (E.W.N.I.) (26.12.2023) by Non Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), ss. 11, 19(3))

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S. 44 excluded (10.6.2021 for specified purposes, 1.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by 1994 c. 23, Sch. 9ZE para. 15 (as inserted by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 95(6)(a), Sch. 18 para. 6; S.I. 2024/130, regs. 3, 4)

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S. 19(4)-(7) applied (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by 2006 c. 46, s. 1110G(7) (as inserted by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 94(4), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z36))

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Sch. 1 para. 26D inserted (21.8.2023 for specified purposes, 17.1.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 (c. 20), s. 3(3), Sch. para. 49; S.I. 2023/904, reg. 2(b); S.I. 2025/41, reg. 2

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S. 19(4)(5) applied (21.7.2025 for specified purposes, 12.12.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Football Governance Act 2025 (c. 21), ss. 89(5), 100(1)(2)(g); S.I. 2025/1286, reg. 2(1)(e)(iii)

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S. 19(4)-(7) applied (1.4.2018 for specified purposes, 1.5.2018 for E.W.S., 12.2.2026 for N.I.) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 42(5), 118(4)(5); S.I. 2018/342, reg. 3(1)(f); S.I. 2018/382, reg. 3(h); S.I. 2026/126, reg. 2(d)

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Data protection, &c.

Public interest disclosure

Conduct of civil proceedings

25A
  • (1) A certificate of an officer of Revenue and Customs that, to the best of that officer's knowledge and belief, a relevant sum has not been paid is sufficient evidence that the sum mentioned in the certificate is unpaid.
  • (2) In subsection (1) “relevant sum” means a sum payable to the Commissioners under or by virtue of an enactment or under a contract settlement (within the meaning of section 25).
  • (3) Any document purporting to be such a certificate shall be treated as if it were such a certificate until the contrary is proved.
  • (4) Subsection (1) has effect subject to any provision treating the certificate as conclusive evidence.

Complaints and misconduct: England and Wales

The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

Conduct of prosecutions on behalf of the Office

Rewards

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Remuneration, &c.

16A
  • (1) The Commissioners must prepare a Charter.
  • (2) The Charter must include standards of behaviour and values to which Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs will aspire when dealing with people in the exercise of their functions.
  • (3) The Commissioners must—
  • (a) regularly review the Charter, and
  • (b) publish revisions, or revised versions, of it when they consider it appropriate to do so.
  • (4) The Commissioners must, at least once every year, make a report reviewing the extent to which Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have demonstrated the standards of behaviour and values included in the Charter.
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Wrongful disclosure

Wrongful disclosure

Data protection, &c.

Disclosure of information to Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions

Certificates of debt

Certificates of debt

Complaints and misconduct: England and Wales

Confidentiality, &c.

The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

Functions

Accounts

26B

Statutory shared parental pay.

Disclosure of information to Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions

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  • (1) The Commissioners may do anything which they think necessary or expedient in connection with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in so far as it relates to taxes the collection and management of which is the responsibility of the Commissioners.
  • (2) In this section “the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative” means the international initiative of that name which has the aim of promoting openness in the management of revenues from natural resources.

Evidence

Complaints and misconduct: England and Wales

Complaints and misconduct: England and Wales

Inspection

Accounts

Freedom of information

Evidence

Confidentiality, &c.

The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

Disclosure of information to Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions

Remuneration, &c.

26C

Statutory parental bereavement pay.

26D

Statutory neonatal care pay.

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