Oil Taxation Act 1975

Section 6.

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Allowance of Unrelievable Field Loss

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 See also Finance Act 1982 (c. 39), s. 139(6) and Sch. 19 para. 17 as regards repayment of APRT

Reference and determination of question of abandonment of oil field U.K.

1 U.K. Where it appears to the responsible person for an oil field that the winning of oil from the field has permanently ceased he may by notice in writing given to the Board refer to them for their decision the question whether the winning of oil from that field has permanently ceased.

2 (1) The Board shall, by notice in writing given to the responsible person, inform him of their decision on the question and, if their decision is that the winning of oil has so ceased, shall state the date which they are satisfied is that on which the winning of oil from the field in question ceased. U.K.

(2) The responsible person shall, within one month of his receiving a notice under sub-paragraph (1) above informing him of the Board’s decision, furnish a copy of that notice to every person who was at any time a participator in the field in question.

3 (1) The responsible person may appeal F1 ... against the Board’s decision by notice in writing given to the Board within three months of his receiving the notice under paragraph 2(1) above informing him thereof. U.K.

(2) An appeal under sub-paragraph (1) above may at any time [F2 before it is notified to the tribunal] be abandoned by notice in writing given to the Board by the responsible person.

[F3 (3) The provisions of paragraphs 14A to 14I of Schedule 2 shall apply to appeals under this paragraph subject to any necessary modifications.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 8 para. 3(1) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 85(2)

F2 Words in Sch. 8 para. 3(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 85(3)

F3 Sch. 8 para. 3(3) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 85(4)

Claims by participators for allowance of unrelievable field losses U.K.

4 (1) A claim for the allowance, in connection with an oil field, of any unrelievable field loss allowable under section 6 of this Act in the case of a participator in that field must be made by the participator to the Board [F4 at any time after]the date of the decision (whether of the Board or on appeal from the Board) that the winning of oil from the oilfield in the case of which the loss accrued has permanently ceased F5 . . .. U.K.

(2) Where a claim under this Schedule has been made and the participator by whom it was made subsequently discovers that an error or mistake has been made in the claim, he may make a supplementary claim F6 . . ..

(3) The provisions of Schedule 5 to this Act specified in the first column of the Table set out in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 7 to this Act shall apply in relation to a claim under this Schedule as they apply in relation to a claim under the said Schedule 5, subject to any modifications specified in the second column of that Table and with the substitution, for references to the responsible person, of references to the participator by whom the claim under this Schedule is made, for references to the claiming or allowance of expenditure, of references to the claiming or allowance of an unrelievable field loss and, for references to section 3 or 4 of this Act, of references to section 6 of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 8 para. 4(1) substituted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 147(1)(a)

F5 Words in Sch. 8 para. 4(1) repealed (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, ss. 147(1)(2), 162, Sch.29 Pt. IX

F6 Words in Sch. 8 para. 4(2) repealed (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, ss. 147(1)(b), 162, Sch. 29 Pt. IX