Finance Act 2006

Valid from 19/07/2006

5 (1) After section 12, insert— U.K.

“12A Date of delivery or appropriation: shipped oil not sold at arm's length

(1) This section has effect for the purpose of determining the date on which any oil to which it applies is to be regarded for the purposes of this Part as delivered or relevantly appropriated.

(2) This section applies to—

(a) oil (not being light gases) won from a field and disposed of crude by a participator otherwise than in sales at arm's length, and

(b) oil (not being light gases) so won and relevantly appropriated by a participator,

if the condition in subsection (3)(a) or (b) below is met.

(3) The condition is that the oil is or has been, or is to be,—

(a) transported by ship from the place of extraction to a place in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or

(b) transported by pipeline to a place in the United Kingdom and loaded on to a ship there.

(4) The date on which the oil is to be taken to be delivered, or (as the case may be) relevantly appropriated, by the participator is—

(a) the date of completion of load, in a case where the condition in subsection (3)(a) above is met,

(b) the date of the bill of lading, in a case where the condition in subsection (3)(b) above is met.”.

(2) The amendment made by this paragraph has effect in relation to oil which would (apart from this paragraph) fall to be regarded for the purposes of Part 1 of OTA 1975 as delivered or appropriated on a date after 30th June 2006.