CH262200 | How to do a compliance check: authorised officer: classes of authorised officer: general

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The authorised officer will be at minimum grade SO for most actions requiring authorisation.

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The exceptions to this rule are where

• you want to issue an identity unknown notice, see CH262500

• you want the authorised officer to issue an identification notice, see CH227500

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• you want to charge a tax-related penalty for a person’s failure to comply with an information notice or obstructing an inspection, see CH270400.