SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 23Air passenger duty

PART 3Devolution of Northern Ireland long haul rates of duty

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After section 41 insert—

41ANorthern Ireland long haul rates of duty: disclosure of information

1

An officer of Revenue and Customs may disclose to the Secretary of State, the Treasury or the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland any information for purposes connected with the setting of rates of duty under section 30A above, including (in particular) to enable the setting of rates under that section to be taken into account for the purposes of section 58 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (payments by Secretary of State into Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland).

2

Information disclosed under subsection (1) above may not be further disclosed without the consent of the Commissioners (which may be general or specific).

3

In section 19 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (wrongful disclosure) references to section 18(1) of that Act are to be read as including a reference to subsection (2) above.