Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

6 (1) The following persons are chargeable persons for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule—

(a) every person (other than the National Debt Commissioners or the Bank of England or the Bank of Ireland) who is entrusted with the payment of any dividends which are payable out of the public revenue of Northern Ireland, or which are payable to any persons in the United Kingdom out of any public revenue other than that of the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland;

(b) every person in the United Kingdom who is entrusted with the payment of any foreign dividends;

(c) every banker or other person in the United Kingdom who obtains payment of any dividends in such circumstances that the dividends are chargeable to tax under Schedule C, or in the case of foreign dividends, under Schedule D; and

(d) every banker in the United Kingdom who sells or otherwise realises coupons, and every dealer in coupons in the United Kingdom who purchases coupons, in such manner that the proceeds of the sale or realisation are chargeable to tax under Schedule C, or in the case of foreign dividends, under Schedule D.

(2) Every chargeable person shall deliver to the Board—

(a) on demand by the Board, true and perfect accounts of the amount of all such dividends or proceeds; and

(b) not later than 12 months after paying any dividends or effecting any other transaction in respect of which he is a chargeable person, and unless within that time he delivers an account with respect to the dividends or proceeds in question under sub-paragraph (a) above, a written statement specifying his name and address and describing those dividends or proceeds.