CH232700 - How to do a compliance check: information powers: financial institution notices: summary of reasons
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When notifying the customer that you are issuing a Financial Institution Notice (FIN), see CH232600, you must also issue a Summary of Reasons why HMRC requires the information.
Detailed guidance on providing a Summary of Reasons is at CH225430 and applies to FINs in the same way as it does to a third-party notice.
You must issue a Summary of Reasons unless the Tribunal has agreed you do not have to, see CH23150.
Applying to the Tribunal
If there is material which clearly falls within a summary of reasons, but which you do not wish to reveal (such as when you are relying on intelligence), you should apply to the tribunal for an exemption.
The application to the tribunal for disapplication of this requirement follows the same process as applying to the tribunal for authorisation of a third party notice, see CH265000.