Information‑gathering powers
1209G Information‑gathering powers
In determining the scope of the power conferred on the Secretary during the transitional period by section 192 of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to require the giving of information, or the production of a document, it is to be assumed that:
section 1207 (simplified outline) had effect as if the reference in that section to 1 January 2002 were a reference to the first day of the transitional period; and
section 1207Y (attribution of income) had effect, in relation to a particular individual and a particular company or trust, as if:
a tax year of the company or trust, being a tax year specified in the notice imposing the requirement, were a derivation period of the company or trust; and
a period specified in the notice imposing the requirement were an attribution period of the company or trust, and that attribution period related to a specified derivation period of the company or trust; and
the reference in paragraph 1207Y(1)(c) to 1 January 2002 were a reference to the first day of the transitional period; and
sections 1208C and 1208D had not been enacted; and
section 1208E (attribution of assets) had effect as if the reference in paragraph 1208E(1)(a) to 1 January 2002 were a reference to the first day of the transitional period.
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