Finance Act 1983

1983 CHAPTER 28

An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.

[13th May 1983]

X1 Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray Your Majesty’s public expenses, and making an addition to the public revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the several duties hereinafter mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Editorial Information

X1 General amendments to Tax Acts, Income Tax Acts, and/or Corporation Tax Acts made by legislation after 1.2.1991 are noted against Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1) but not against each Act

Commencement Information

I1 Act partly in force at Royal Assent, partly retrospective; all provisions so far as unrepealed wholly in force at 1.2.1991. Some provisions came into force at specific times of day.

PART I U.K. Customs and Excise

1 Duties on spirits, beer, wine, madewine and cider. U.K.

(1) In section 5 of the M1 Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (excise duty on spirits) for “£14·47” there shall be substituted “ £15·19 ”.

(2) In section 36 of that Act (excise duty on beer) for “£20·40” and “£0·68” there shall be substituted “ £21·60 ” and “ £0·72 ” respectively.

(3) For the provisions of Schedule 1 to that Act (rates of excise duty on wine) there shall be substituted the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(5) In section 62(1) of that Act (excise duty on cider) for “£8·16” there shall be substituted “ £9·69 ”.

(6) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 16th March 1983.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1(4) repealed by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 40:1), s. 128(6), Sch. 23 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M1 1979 c. 4.

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2 repealed by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 40:1), s. 128(6), Sch. 23 Pt. IV

3 Hydrocarbon oil. U.K.

(1) In section 6(1) of the M2 Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (rates of duty on hydrocarbon oil) for “£0·1554” (light oil) and “£0·1325” (heavy oil) there shall be substituted “ £0·1630 ” and “ £0·1382 ” respectively.

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 15th March 1983.

Marginal Citations

M2 1979 c. 5.

4 Vehicles excise duty. U.K.

(1) The M3 Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 and the M4 Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 shall be amended as follows.

(2) For the provisions of Part II of Schedules 1 to 5 to each of those Acts (annual rates of duty) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act.

(3) The provisions of Part I of Schedule 4 to each of those Acts (annual rates of duty on goods vehicles: general provisions) shall have effect subject to the amendments made by Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(5) In subsection (5) of section 16 of the Act of 1971 (rates of duty for trade licences), including that subsection as set out in paragraph 12 of Part I of Schedule 7 to that Act, for “£40” and “£8” there shall be substituted, respectively, “£42” and “£8.50”.

F4 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8) This section applies in relation to licences taken out after 15th March 1983.

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 4(4) repealed by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 107:2), s. 148, Sch. 14 Pt. II

F4 S. 4(6)(7) repealed (1.10.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 107:2), ss. 10, 123, Sch. 19 Pt.IV; S.I. 1991/2021, art.2.

Marginal Citations

M3 1971 c. 10.

M4 1972 c. 10(N.I.)

5 Bingo duty and gaming machine licence duty. U.K.

(1) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the M5 Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (exemption limits for smallscale bingo) after subparagraph (1) there shall be inserted the following subparagraph—

“(1A) Where the total value of the card money taken in the bingo in question played at any premises exceeds during, or on any day in, a relevant week the total value of the prizes won in that bingo during that week or, as the case may be, on that day, any reference in subparagraph (1) above to the total value of the prizes so won shall be read as a reference to the total of the card money so taken.

In this subparagraph

“card money” means money taken by or on behalf of the promoter of the bingo as payment by players for their cards (within the meaning of section 17(3) of this Act)”

(2) In Schedule 4 to the Act of 1981, in paragraph 1, for subparagraph (3) (meaning of private gain in relation to exemption from gaming machine licence duty for charitable entertainments etc.) there shall be substituted the following—

“(3) In construing subparagraph (2)(a) above, proceeds of an entertainment promoted on behalf of a society falling within this subparagraph which are applied for any purpose calculated to benefit the society as a whole shall not be held to be applied for purposes of private gain by reason only that their application for that purpose results in benefit to any person as an individual.

(4) A society falls within subparagraph (3) above if it is established and conducted either—

(a) wholly for purposes other than purposes of any commercial undertaking, or

(b) wholly or mainly for the purpose of participation in or support of athletic sports or athletic games;

and in this paragraph “society” includes any club, institution, organisation or association of persons, by whatever name called, and any separate branch or section of such a club, institution, organisation or association.”

Marginal Citations

M5 1981 c. 63.

6 Deferred payment of excise duty on goods. U.K.

The following section shall be inserted in Part X of the M6 Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (duties and drawbacks: general provisions), after section 127—

“ Deferred payment of excise duty on goods U.K.

127A Deferred payment of excise duty on goods.

(1) The Commissioners may by regulations make provision for the payment of any excise duty on goods of a prescribed kind to be deferred, in prescribed cases, subject to such conditions or requirements as may be imposed—

(a) by the regulations; or

(b) where the regulations so provide, by the Commissioners.

(2) Any duty payment of which is deferred under the regulations shall be treated, for prescribed purposes, as if it had been paid.

(3) Where—

(a) any excise duty to which an application for deferment of duty made under the regulations relates is payable on goods on their removal from an excise warehouse; and

(b) the Commissioners are not satisfied—

(i) that the conditions imposed under section 92(1) above in relation to the warehouse have been complied with by the occupier of the warehouse; or

(ii) that the warehousing regulations made by virtue of section 93(2)(g) above have been complied with by the occupier or by the proprietor of the goods;

the Commissioners may, notwithstanding any provision of the regulations, refuse the application or refuse it in so far as it relates to those goods.

Nothing in this subsection shall be taken to prejudice the power of the Commissioners to prescribe the cases in which excise duty may be deferred.

(4) Regulations under this section may make different provision for goods of different descriptions or for goods of the same description in different circumstances.

(5) In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this section.”

Marginal Citations

M6 1979 c. 2.

7 Imports to and exports from Northern Ireland. U.K.

(1) In section 26 of the M7 Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (power to regulate movement of goods into and out of Northern Ireland by land),—

(a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) after the words “approved routes”) there shall be inserted the words “ or at such places on the boundary ”; and

(b) at the end of subsection (1) there shall be added the words “ and any such regulations may make different provision in relation to different classes or descriptions of goods and, in particular, in relation to different classes or descriptions of vehicles ”.

“(1A) In such cases and subject to compliance with such conditions as appear to the Commissioners to be appropriate, the Commissioners may dispense with any requirement of a regulation made under subsection (1) above”

(3) In subsection (2) of that section (penalties) after the words “subsection (1) above” there shall be inserted the words “ or any condition of a dispensation given under subsection (1A) above ”.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(5) In section 51(1) of that Act (control of importation: special provisions as to proof where goods are within the prescribed area in Northern Ireland) the words “within the prescribed area” shall be omitted.

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 7(4) repealed by Finance Act 1987 (c. 16, SIF 40:1), s. 72, Sch. 16 Pt. III

Marginal Citations

M7 1979 c. 2.

8 Export from Northern Ireland of goods chargeable with agricultural levies. U.K.

At the end of Part V of the M8 Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (control of exportation), after section 68A, there shall be inserted the following section—

“68B Special provisions as to proof in Northern Ireland.

(1) If goods of any class or description chargeable with agricultural levies on their exportation from the United Kingdom are found in the possession or control of any person within the prescribed area in Northern Ireland, any officer or any person having by law in Northern Ireland the powers of an officer may require that person to furnish proof either—

(a) that the goods are not intended for such exportation; or

(b) that the goods are intended for such exportation and any entry required to be made or security required to be given in connection with that exportation has been or will be made or given.

(2) If proof of any matter is required to be furnished in relation to any goods under subsection (1) above but is not so furnished, the goods shall be liable to forfeiture.”

Marginal Citations

M8 1979 c. 2.

9 Miscellaneous customs and excise repeals. U.K.

(1) Subsection (5) of section 30 of the M9 Licensing Act 1964 (duty of clerk to licensing justices to supply to Collector of Customs and Excise a list of new licences granted and licences not renewed) and section 22 of the M10 Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (which makes corresponding provision for Scotland) shall cease to have effect.

(2) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the M11 Finance Act 1969 (definition of “whisky” or “whiskey” for customs and excise purposes) and section 92(7) of the M12 Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (saving in relation to spirits distilled before 1st August 1969) shall cease to have effect on the appointed day.

(3) In subsection (2) above, “the appointed day” means such day as the Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; but the Treasury may not so appoint a day unless they are satisfied that on that day there will be in force as part of the law of each part of the United Kingdom a definition given by or under any enactment of the expressions “whisky” and “whiskey”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Power of appointment conferred by s. 9(3) not yet exercised

Marginal Citations

M9 1964 c. 26.

M10 1976 c. 66.

M11 1969 c. 32.

M12 1979 c. 4.

PART II U.K. Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Chapter I U.K.

10–28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6 Ss. 10–28 repealed by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), s. 844 and Sch. 31

29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 29 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), s. 98(6), Sch. 27 Part V for 1986–87 et seq.

Chapter II U.K.

30–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 30–33 repealed by Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), s. 164(4), Sch. 2

Chapter III U.K. Capital Gains

F9 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F9 S. 34 repealed (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the repealing Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch.12 (with s. 201(3), Sch. 11 paras. 20, 22, 26(2), 27)

PART III U.K. Oil Taxation

35 Phasing out of APRT. U.K.

(1) In section 139 of the M13 Finance Act 1982 (liability for APRT etc.) in subsection (1) (the periods for which the liability arises)—

(a) in paragraph (a) after the words “after 31st December 1982” there shall be inserted the words “ and before 1st January 1987 ”; and

(b) in paragraph (b) for the words “nine immediately succeeding chargeable periods” there shall be substituted the words “ immediately succeeding chargeable periods (if any) which ends before 1st January 1987 and ”.

(2) In subsection (2) of that section (the rate of APRT) for the words “at the rate of 20 per cent.” there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:—

“(a) for the chargeable period ending on 30th June 1983, at the rate of 20 per cent.;

(b) for subsequent chargeable periods ending on or before 31st December 1984, at the rate of 15 per cent.;

(c) for chargeable periods ending in 1985, at the rate of 10 per cent.; and

(d) for chargeable periods ending in 1986, at the rate of 5 per cent.”

(3) In consequence of subsections (1) and (2) above—

(a) in each of subsections (3)(a) and (4)(a) of section 139 of the Finance Act 1982, for the words “the APRT which is paid” there shall be substituted the words “ any APRT which is payable and paid ”;

(b) in subsection (4) of that section for the words “the APRT paid”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ any APRT paid ”; and

(c) Schedule 19 to that Act shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 7 to this Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Part of the text of s. 35(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Marginal Citations

M13 1982 c. 39.

36 Increased oil allowance for certain new fields. U.K.

(1) For all the relevant new fields, as defined in subsection (2) below, section 8 of the principal Act (the oil allowance) shall have effect subject to the following modifications:—

(a) in subsection (2) (the amount of the allowance for each chargeable period) for “250,000 metric tonnes” there shall be substituted “ 500,000 metric tonnes ”; and

(b) in subsection (6) (the total allowance for a field) for “5 million metric tonnes” there shall be substituted “ 10 million metric tonnes ”.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, in this section “relevant new field” means an oil field—

(a) no part of which lies in a landward area, within the meaning of the M14 Petroleum (Production) Regulations 1982 or in an area to the East of the United Kingdom and between latitudes 52°and 55°North; and

(b) for no part of which consent for development has been granted to the licensee by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1982; and

(c) for no part of which a programme of development had been served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State before that date.

(3) In determining, in accordance with subsection (2) above, whether an oil field (in this subsection referred to as “the new field”) is a relevant new field, no account shall be taken of a consent for development granted before 1st April 1982 or a programme of development served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State before that date if—

(a) in whole or in part that consent or programme related to another oil field for which a determination under Schedule 1 to the principal Act was made before the determination under that Schedule for the new field; and

(b) on or after 1st April 1982, a consent for development is or was granted or a programme of development is or was served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State and that consent or programme relates, in whole or in part, to the new field.

(4) In subsections (2) and (3) above “development” means—

(a) the erection or carrying out of permanent works for the purpose of getting oil from the field or for the purpose of conveying oil won from the field to a place on land; or

(b) winning oil from the field otherwise than in the course of searching for oil or drilling wells;

and consent for development does not include consent which is limited to the purpose of testing the characteristics of an oil-bearing area and does not relate to the erection or carrying out of permanent works.

(5) In subsection (4) above “permanent works” means any structures or other works whatsoever which are intended by the licensee to be permanent and are neither designed to be moved from place to place without major dismantling nor intended by the licensee to be used only for searching for oil.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 See Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 63:1, 2), s. 138—Southern Basin and Onshore fields

C4 See—Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 63:1, 2), s. 64(2)—definitions applied for purposes of s. 62 of that Act (disposals of oil licences relating to underdeveloped areas)Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 63:1, 2), s. 138(4)—definitions applied for purposes of s. 138(2)(3) of that Act (reduced oil allowance for certain Southern Basin and onshore fields)

C5 S. 36(4)(5) applied (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the applying Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 196(2), 289.

Marginal Citations

M14 S.I. 1982/1000.

37 Reliefs for exploration and appraisal expenditure etc. U.K.

(1) The section set out in Part I of Schedule 8 to this Act shall be inserted in the principal Act after section 5 for the purpose of setting up a new allowance by virtue of which a participator in an oil field may obtain relief for certain expenditure which is incurred otherwise than in connection with that field.

(2) For the purpose of giving effect to, and in consequence of, the new allowance, the enactments specified in Part II of Schedule 8 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified.

(3) Part III of Schedule 8 to this Act shall have effect with respect to sums received after 15th March 1983 and falling to be set off against expenditure which would otherwise be allowable under section 5 of the principal Act or under the new section set out in Part I of that Schedule.

(4) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the principal Act (claims for certain allowances)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) the words from “but may not” to the end of the sub-paragraph (which impose a time limit on claims) shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, omitted; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (2) the words “within the time allowed for making the original claim” shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, omitted;

and, accordingly, any claim which, immediately before the passing of this Act, could not have been made by virtue of the time bar may be made thereafter.

38 Terms of payment to be implied in determining market value. U.K.

In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the principal Act (definition of market value of oil) at the end of sub-paragraph (2) (the price under a contract of sale at arm’s length) there shall be added the words—

“and, for the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the terms as to payment which are to be implied in the contract shall be those which are customarily contained in contracts for the sale at arm’s length of oil of the kind in question”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 Part of the text of s. 38 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

39 Exclusion of oil appropriated for production purposes in other fields. U.K.

(1) In section 12(1) of the principal Act (interpretation of Part I) in the definition of “relevantly appropriated” (which, among other matters, excludes oil appropriated for production purposes) after the word “purposes” there shall be added the words “ in relation to that or any other oil field ”.

(2) This section has effect, and shall be deemed to have had effect, for chargeable periods ending after 31st December 1977.

40 Variation of decisions on claims for allowable expenditure. U.K.

(1) At the end of Schedule 5 to the principal Act (allowance of expenditure under section 3 or 4 of that Act) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“9 (1) If, within the period of three years commencing with the date on which notice of a decision of the Board under paragraph 3 above was given to the responsible person for an oil field, it appears to the Board that the relevant amount was incorrectly stated in the notice, the Board may before the expiry of that period serve on the responsible person a notice stating what appears to the Board to be the correct amount (referred to below as “the notice of variation”).

(2) In this paragraph “the relevant amount”, in relation to a notice of a decision on a claim under paragraph 3 above, means any one or more of the following—

(a) the amount of expenditure allowed on the claim;

(b) the amount of that expenditure allowed as qualifying for supplement under section 2(9)(b)(ii) of this Act;

(c) where different percentages were stated in that notice to apply to different parts of that expenditure for the purpose of calculating the supplement, each of those parts of that expenditure.

(3) The responsible person may, by notice in writing given to the Board not more than thirty days after the notice of variation was served on him, appeal to the Special Commissioners against the notice of the variation.

(4) A notice of appeal under sub-paragraph (3) shall state the grounds on which the appeal is brought.

(5) An appeal under this paragraph may at any time be abandoned by notice in writing given to the Board by the responsible person.

(6) A notice of variation may be withdrawn at any time before it becomes effective.

(7) In any case where—

(a) the responsible person gives notice of appeal against a notice of variation, and

(b) before the appeal is determined by the Special Commissioners, the Board and the responsible person agree as to what the relevant amount ought to be,

the notice of variation shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be necessary to give effect to that agreement; and thereupon the appeal shall be treated as having been abandoned.

(8) On an appeal against a notice of variation the Special Commissioners may vary the notice, quash the notice or dismiss the appeal; and the notice may be varied whether or not the variation is to the advantage of all or any of the participators in the oil field in question.

(9) Where a notice of variation relating to a decision on a claim becomes effective, the relevant amount shall be taken for the purposes of this Part of this Act as having been reduced or increased, as the case may require, on the date on which notice of the decision was given, by such amount as may be necessary to give effect to that notice, and the Board may make such computations under section 2 of this Act and such assessments or determinations or such amendments of assessments or determinations as may be necessary in consequence of that reduction or increase.

(10) A notice of variation becomes effective for the purposes of this paragraph either—

(a) on the expiry of the period during which notice of appeal against the notice of variation may be given to the Special Commissioners under sub-paragraph (3) above without such notice of appeal being given; or

(b) where such notice of appeal is given, when the notice of variation can no longer be varied or quashed by the Special Commissioners or by the order of any court.

(11) This paragraph has effect in relation to notices of decisions of the Board under paragraph 3 above given after 15th March 1983.”

(2) In Schedule 6 to the principal Act (allowance of expenditure on claim by participator) at the end of the first column of the Table set out in paragraph 2 (application of provisions of Schedule 5) there shall be added “ 9 ”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 Part of the text of s. 40(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

41 Transfers of interests in oil fields. U.K.

(1) In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 7 of Schedule 17 to the M15 Finance Act 1980 (transfers of unused losses from old participator to new in cases of transfers of interests in fields) for the words “in any chargeable period before the transfer period” there shall be substituted the words “ in the transfer period or any earlier chargeable period ”.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph at the end there shall be added the words “ and, for the purposes of effecting such relief, subsection (1) of section 7 shall have effect as if the word “succeeding” were omitted ”.

(3) This section has effect in relation to transfer periods (within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 17 to the M16 Finance Act 1980) ending after 31st December 1982.

Marginal Citations

M15 1980 c. 48.

M16 1980 c. 48.

PART IV U.K. Miscellaneous and Supplementary

42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 42 repealed by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43), s. 128(6), Sch. 23 Pt. XI

Miscellaneous U.K.

43 National savings: supplements. U.K.

(1) Where any sum has been borrowed by the Treasury on terms set out—

(a) in the prospectus for Save As You Earn Savings Contracts (Third Issue); or

(b) in the prospectus for IndexLinked National Savings Certificates Retirement Issue;

that prospectus shall (whether the sum was borrowed before or after the passing of this Act) be taken to have included a provision empowering the Treasury to supplement, from time to time, the due amount and requiring any such supplement to be paid on such terms as may be notified by the Treasury in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.

(2) “The due amount” means—

(a) in the case of the prospectus mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above, the amount due under paragraph 7, 8, 9 or 10; and

(b) in the case of the other prospectus, the amount due under paragraph 4.

44 Rates of interest for government lending. U.K.

(1) Section 5 of the M17 National Loans Act 1968 (which, as set out in section 153 of the M18 Finance Act 1982, provides for the determination of rates of interest for government lending) shall be amended in accordance with this section.

(2) In subsection (5) (withdrawal of determination or approval of rate of interest which no longer fulfils the requirements of the section)—

(a) for the words from “approved for” to “not yet made” there shall be substituted the words “ approved for a class of loans ”; and

(b) for the words from “withdrawn” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “ withdrawn at the earliest convenient time, and, subject to subsection (5A) below, from that or such later time as may be convenient another rate determined or approved in accordance with subsection (3) or, as the case may be, subsection (4) above shall come into force for further loans of that class ”.

(3) After subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsections:—

“(5A) If, in the case of a loan of any class,—

(a) an undertaking was given to the person to whom the loan was to be made that the rate of interest which would apply to that loan would be that which, at a time specified in or determined in accordance with the undertaking, was or would be in force for loans of that class, and

(b) before the loan was in fact made, the determination or approval of that rate of interest was withdrawn by virtue of subsection (5) above or otherwise ceased to be effective,

the rate of interest which applies to that loan shall be that which was in force for loans of that class at the time specified in, or as the case may be determined in accordance with, the undertaking.

(5B) In subsection (5A) above “undertaking” means an undertaking given by the person by whom the loan in question was to be made and, where that person is not the Treasury, given by that person with the consent of the Treasury.”

Marginal Citations

M17 1968 c. 13.

M18 1982 c. 39.

45 Suspension of certain payments into National Loans Fund in respect of new towns. U.K.

(1) Subject to subsection (4) below, the Treasury may, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State, by order specify any new town development loan as a loan the repayment of which to the Secretary of State (and subsequently into the National Loans Fund) is to be suspended by virtue of this section.

(2) Where a loan is specified by an order under subsection (1) above—

(a) the terms of the loan shall have effect as if any payment by way of repayment of or interest on the loan which (apart from this section) would fall due at any time within the unexpired period for repayment of the loan fell due instead at the corresponding time within the period of the same duration beginning with 1st October 1986; and

(b) no interest shall accrue in respect of the loan during the period beginning with the coming into force of the order and ending with 30th September 1986.

(3) In this section, “new town development loan” means any sum—

(a) falling within section 60(a) of the M19 New Towns Act 1981 (sums advanced by Secretary of State to development corporations in England and Wales for the purpose of enabling them to meet expenditure properly chargeable to capital account or to make good to revenue account sums applied in meeting liabilities so chargeable); or

(b) borrowed by the Development Board for Rural Wales under section 9(2)(a) of the M20 Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (loans by Secretary of State, other than temporary loans) for the purposes of the Board’s function in respect of the development of new towns;

and “the unexpired period for repayment of the loan”, in relation to any loan specified by an order under subsection (1) above, means the period beginning with the coming into force of the order and ending with the date which (apart from this section) would be the last date on which any payment by way of repayment of or interest on the loan would fall due under the terms of the loan.

(4) The aggregate amount of new town development loans specified by order under subsection (1) above shall not exceed £1,250 million.

(5) The power to make an order under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

Marginal Citations

M19 1981 c. 64.

M20 1976 c. 75.

46 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England. U.K.

(1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

(3) For the purposes of the enactments set out below, the commission shall be treated as a body of persons established for charitable purposes only:—

(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12 section 129 of the M21 Finance Act 1982 (reliefs from stamp duty).

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 46(1)(2)(3)(a)(b) repealed by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), s. 844, Sch. 31

F12 Words repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), s. 98(6) and Sch. 27 Part IX(2)

F13 S. 46(4) repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), s. 98(6) and Sch. 27 Part X in relation to disposals on or after 19 March 1985

F14 S. 46(5) repealed by Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 (c. 51), s. 277 and Sch. 9—with effect from 1 January 1985. See now Sch. 3 of that Act—Inheritance Tax Acts

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 Part of the text of s. 46(3)(c) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Marginal Citations

M21 1982 c. 39.

47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F15 S. 47 repealed by Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 (c. 51), ss. 274, 277, Schs. 7, 9

48 Short title, interpretation, construction and repeals. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1983.

(2) In this Act “the Taxes Act” means the M22 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.

(3) Part II of this Act, so far as it relates to income tax, shall be construed as one with the Income Tax Acts, so far as it relates to corporation tax, shall be construed as one with the Corporation Tax Acts and, so far as it relates to capital gains tax, shall be construed as one with the M23 Capital Gains Tax Act 1979.

(4) Part III of this Act shall be construed as one with Part I of the M24 Oil Taxation Act 1975 and references in Part III to the principal Act are references to that Act.

(5) The enactments specified in Schedule 10 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, but subject to any provision at the end of any Part of that Schedule.

Marginal Citations

M22 1970 c. 10.

M23 1979 c. 14.

M24 1975 c. 22.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 U.K.

Wine: Rates of Duty U.K.

Description of wine	Rates of duty per hectolitre £
	£
Wine of a strength—
not exceeding 15 per cent.	113·00
exceeding 15 but not exceeding 18 per cent.	145·90
exceeding 18 but not exceeding 22 per cent.	171·70
exceeding 22 per cent.	171·70 plus
	£15·19 for every 1 per cent. or part of 1 per cent. in excess of 22 per cent.;
	each of the above rates of duty being in the case of sparkling wine, increased by £24·80 per hectolitre.

SCHEDULE 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16 U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 2 repealed by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 40:1), s. 128(6), Sch. 23 Pt. I

Section 4.

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Vehicles Excise Duty

Part I U.K. Provisions Substituted in Part II of Schedules 1 to 5 to the M25 Vehicles (Excise)Act 1971 and the M26 Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

Marginal Citations

M25 1971 c. 10.

M26 1972 c. 10 (N.I.).

1 The following are the provisions substituted in the Act of 1971 and the Act of 1972 for Part II of Schedule 1—

Description of vehicle	Rate of duty
	£
1. Bicycles and tricycles of which the cylinder capacity of the engine does not exceed 150 cubic centimetres	8.50
2. Bicycles of which the cylinder capacity of the engine exceeds 150 cubic centimetres but does not exceed 250 cubic centimetres; tricycles (other than those in the foregoing paragraph) and vehicles (other than mowing machines) with more than three wheels, being tricycles and vehicles neither constructed nor adapted for use nor used for the carriage of a driver or passenger	17.00
3. Bicycles and tricycles not in the foregoing paragraphs	34.00

2 The following are the provisions substituted in the Act of 1971 and the Act of 1972 for Part II of Schedule 2—

Description of vehicle	Rate of duty
	£
Hackney carriages	42.00
	with an additional 85p for each person above 20 (excluding the driver) for which the vehicle has seating capacity.

3 The following are the provisions substituted in the Act of 1971 for Part II of Schedule 3—

	Weight unladen of vehicle		Rate of duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Description of vehicle	Exceeding	Not exceeding	Initial	Additional for each ton or part of a ton in excess of the weight in column 2
			£	£
1. Agricultural machines; digging machines; mobile cranes; works trucks; mowing machines; fishermen’s tractors.			14.00
2. Haulage vehicles, being showmen’s vehicles.		7 1/4 tons	137.00
	7 1/4 tons	8 tons	164.00
	8 tons	10 tons	193.00
	10 tons		193.00	30.00
3. Haulage vehicles, not being showmen’s vehicles.		2 tons	163.00
	2 tons	4 tons	293.00
	4 tons	6 tons	424.00
	6 tons	7 1/4 tons	553.00
	7 1/4 tons	8 tons	676.00
	8 tons	10 tons	676.00	115.00
	10 tons		906.00	130.00

4 The following are the provisions substituted in the Act of 1972 for Part II of Schedule 3—

	Weight unladen of vehicle		Rate of duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Description of vehicle	Exceeding	Not exceeding	Initial	Additional for each ton or part of a ton in excess of the weight in column 2
			£	£
1. Agricultural machines; digging machines; mobile cranes; works trucks; mowing machines; fishermen’s tractors.			14.00
2. Haulage vehicles, being showmen’s vehicles.		7 1/4 tons	137.00
	7 1/4 tons	8 tons	164.00
	8 tons	10 tons	193.00
	10 tons		193.00	30.00
3. Haulage vehicles, not being showmen’s vehicles.		2 tons	147.00
	2 tons	4 tons	262.00
	4 tons	6 tons	374.00
	6 tons	7 1/4 tons	489.00
	7 1/4 tons	8 tons	603.00
	8 tons		603.00	130.00

5 The following are the provisions substituted in the Act of 1971 and the Act of 1972 for Part II of Schedule 4—

“Table A U.K. Rates of Duty on Rigid Goods Vehicles Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Gross Weight

General Rates

Plated gross weight of vehicle		Rate of Duty
1	2	3	4	5
Exceeding	Not exceeding	Two axle vehicle	Three axle vehicle	Four or more axle vehicle
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	13	410	320	320
13	14	500	320	320
14	15	610	320	320
15	16	670	320	320
16	17	780	320	320
17	18		380	320
18	19		440	320
19	20		500	320
20	21		580	320
21	22		660	390
22	23		740	470
23	24		920	560
24	25		1,150	660
25	26			770
26	27			880
27	28			1,010
28	29			1,140
29	30			1,500
30	30.49			1,990

Table A(1) U.K. Rates of Duty on Rigid Goods Vehicles Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Gross Weight

Rates for Farmers’ Goods Vehicles

Plated gross weight of vehicle		Rate of Duty
1	2	3	4	5
Exceeding	Not exceeding	Two axle vehicle	Three axle vehicle	Four or more axle vehicle
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	13	135	120	120
13	14	140	120
120
14	15	145	120	120
15	16	165	125	120
16	17	180	130	120
17	18		135	120
18	19		140	120
19
20
	145	125
20	21		150	130
21	22		155	135
22	23		160	140
23	24		180	145
24	25		210	150
25	26			160
26	27			180
27	28			200
28	29			215
29	30			275
30	30.49			340

Table A(2) U.K. Rates of Duty on Rigid Goods Vehicles Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Gross Weight

Rates for Showmen’s Goods Vehicles

Plated gross weight of vehicle		Rate of duty
1	2	3	4	5
Exceeding	Not exceeding	Two axle vehicle	Three axle vehicle	Four or more axle vehicle
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	13	135	120	120
13	14	140	120	120
14	15	145	120	120
15	16	165	125	120
16	17	180	130	120
17	18		135	120
18	19		140	125
19	20		150	130
20	21		160	140
21	22		165	150
22	23		175	160
23	24		210	165
24	25		250	180
25	26			200
26	27			220
27	28			245
28	29			265
29	30			340
30	30.49			430

Table B U.K. Supplementary Rates of Duty on Rigid Goods Vehicles over 12 Tonnes used for Drawing Trailers Exceeding 4 Tonnes Plated Gross Weight

General Rates

Gross weight of trailer		Duty supplement
Exceeding	Not exceeding
tonnes	tonnes	£
4	8	70
8	10	90
10	12	115
12	14	160
14		300

Table B(1) U.K. Supplementary Rates of Duty on Rigid Goods Vehicles over 12 Tonnes used for Drawing Trailers Exceeding 4 Tonnes Plated Gross Weight

Rates for Farmers’ Goods Vehicles

Gross weight of trailer		Duty supplement
Exceeding	Not exceeding
tonnes	tonnes	£
4	8	70
8	10	90
10	12	115
12	14	160
14		300

Table B(2) U.K. Supplementary Rates of Duty on Rigid Goods Vehicles over 12 Tonnes used for Drawing Trailers Exceeding 4 Tonnes Plated Gross Weight

Rates for Showmen’s Goods Vehicles

Gross weight of trailer		Duty supplement
Exceeding	Not exceeding
		£
		70

Table C U.K. Rates of Duty on Tractor Units Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Train Weight and Having Only 2 Axles

General Rates

Plated train weight of tractor unit		Rate of duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Exceeding	Not exceeding	For a tractor unit to be used with semi-trailers with any number of axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than two axles	For a tractor unit to be used with semi-trailers with not less than three axles
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	13	420	420	420
13	14	470	420	420
14	15	510	420	420
15	16	560	420	420
16	17	610	420	420
17	18	660	420	420
18	19	710	420	420
19	20	770	420	420
20	21	830	470	420
21	22	890	520	420
22	23	950	590	420
23	24	1,020	660	420
24	25	1,090	740	420
25	26	1,090	830	500
26	27	1,090	940	590
27	28	1,090	1,040	680
28	29	1,150	1,150	780
29	30	1,390	1,390	890
30	31	1,600	1,600	1,000
31	32	1,820	1,820	1,110
32	32.52	2,290	2,290	1,600
32.52	33	2,290	2,290	1,840
33	34	2,290	2,290	2,140
34	35	2,450	2,450	2,450
35	36	2,610	2,610	2,610
36	37	2,730	2,730	2,730
37	38	2,940	2,940	2,940

Table C(1) U.K. Rates of Duty on Tractor Units Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Train Weight and Having Only 2 Axles

Rates for Farmers’ Goods Vehicles

Plated train weight of tractor unit		Rate of Duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Exceeding	Not exceeding	For a tractor unit to be used with semi-trailers with any number of axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than two axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than three axles
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	13	135	135	135
13	14	140	135	135
14	15	145	135	135
15	16	150	135	135
16	17	155	135	135
17	18	160	135	135
18	19	160	135	135
19	20	165	135	135
20	21	170	135	135
21	22	175	140	135
22	23	180	145	135
23	24	190	150	135
24	25	200	155	140
25	26	200	160	145
26	27	200	170	150
27	28	200	180	165
28	29	200	195	175
29	30	235	235	195
30	31	265	265	210
31	32	300	300	230
32	32.52	370	370	305
32.52	33	610	610	610
33	34	710	710	710
34	35	810	810	810
35	36	860	860	860
36	37	900	900	900
37	38	970	970	970

Table C(2) U.K. Rates of Duty on Tractor Units Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Train Weight and Having Only 2 Axles

Rates for Showmen’s Goods Vehicles

Plated train weight of tractor unit		Rate of duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Exceeding	Not exceeding	For a tractor unit to be used with semi-trailers with any number of axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than two axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than three axles
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	13	135	135	135
13	14	140	135	135
14	15	145	135	135
15	16	150	135	135
16	17	155	135	135
17	18	160	135	135
18	19	160	135	135
19	20	170	145	145
20	21	180	150	150
21	22	195	155	155
22	23	210	160	160
23	24	220	170	165
24	25	235	180	165
25	26	235	195	175
26	27	235	215	185
27	28	235	230	205
28	29	245	245	220
29	30	295	295	240
30	31	335	335	260
31	32	375	375	285
32	32.52	465	465	385
32.52	33	750	750	750
33	34	880	880	880
34	35	1,000	1,000	1,000
35	36	1,070	1,070	1,070
36	37	1,120	1,120	1,120
37	38	1,200	1,200	1,200

Table D U.K. Rates of Duty on Tractor Units Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Train Weight and Having 3 or More Axles

General Rates

Plated train weight of tractor unit		Rate of duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Exceeding	Not Exceeding	For a tractor unit to be used with semi-trailers with any number of axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than two axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than three axles
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	20	420	420	420
20	21	470	420	420
21	22	520	420	420
22	23	590	420	420
23	24	660	420	420
24	25	740	420	420
25	26	830	420	420
26	27	940	420	420
27	28	1,040	420	420
28	29	1,150	490	420
29	30	1,390	550	420
30	31	1,600	610	420
31	32	1,820	680	420
32	32.52	2,290	920	420
32.52	33	2,290	1,080	420
33	34	2,290	1,350	520
34	35	2,290	1,630	670
35	36	2,290	1,930	790
36	37	2,290	2,240	980
37	38	2,590	2,590	1,180

Table D(1) U.K. Rates of Duty on Tractor Units Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Train Weight and Having 3 or More Axles

Rates for Farmers’ Goods Vehicles

Plated train weight of tractor unit		Rate of Duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Exceeding	Not exceeding	For a tractor unit to be used with semi-trailers with any number of axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than two axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than three axles
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	20	135	135	135
20	21	135	135	135
21	22	140	135	135
22	23	145	135	135
23	24	150	135	135
24	25	155	135	135
25	26	160	140	135
26	27	170	150	135
27	28	180	160	145
28	29	195	170	155
29	30	235	190	165
30	31	265	205	185
31	32	300	225	205
32	32.52	370	300	220
32.52	33	370	355	220
33	34	445	445	270
34	35	535	535	350
35	36	635	635	410
36	37	740	740	510
37	38	855	855	615

Table D(2) U.K. Rates of Duty on Tractor Units Exceeding 12 Tonnes Plated Train Weight and Having 3 or More Axles

Rates for Showmen’s Goods Vehicles

Plated train weight of tractor unit		Rate of duty
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Exceeding	Not exceeding	For a tractor unit to be used with semi-trailers with any number of axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than two axles	For a tractor unit to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than three axles
tonnes	tonnes	£	£	£
12	18	135	135	135
18	19	135	135	135
19	20	140	140	135
20	21	145	145	135
21	22	155	150	135
22	23	160	155	135
23	24	170	160	135
24	25	180	160	145
25	26	195	170	155
26	27	210	180	160
27	28	230	200	170
28	29	245	215	190
29	30	295	235	205
30	31	335	255	230
31	32	375	280	250
32	32.52	465	375	275
32.52	33	465	440	275
33	34	550	550	335
34	35	665	665	435
35	36	790	790	515
36	37	915	915	635
37	38	1,060	1,060	765”

6 The following are the provisions substituted in the Act of 1971 for Part II of Schedule 5—

“Description of vehicle	Rate of duty
	£
1. Vehicles not exceeding seven horse-power, if registered under the Roads Act 1920 for the first time before 1st January 1947	60.00
2. Vehicles not included above	85.00”

F17 7 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F17 Sch. 3 para. 7 repealed (1.10.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 107:2), ss. 10, 123, Sch. 19 Pt.IV; S.I. 1991/2021, art.2.

Part II U.K. Amendment of Part I of Schedule 4 to The M27 Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 and The M28 Vehicles (Excise) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

Marginal Citations

M27 1971 c. 10.

M28 1972 c. 10 (N.I.).

Amendments made in both Acts U.K.

8 (1) Part I of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1971 and the Act of 1972 (annual rates of duty on goods vehicles) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(1), for “£170” there shall be substituted “£150”.

(3) In paragraph 2, for “£360” there shall be substituted “£320”.

[F18 (4) In paragraph 5(3)(b), for “32 tonnes” and “32.52 tonnes” there shall be substituted, respectively, “37 tonnes” and “38 tonnes”.]

(5) In paragraph 6—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “£60” there shall be substituted “£63”;

(b) in sub-paragraph . . . F19 (4), for “£100” there shall, . . . F19 , be substituted “£90”; . . . F20

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21 in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “£130” there shall be substituted “£115”.

(6) In paragraph 7, for “£80” there shall be substituted “£85”.

(7) After paragraph 14 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

“Tractor units having two axles used with semi-trailers having two axles when duty paid by reference to use with semi-trailers having not less than three axles

14A (1) This paragraph applies in any case where—

(a) a vehicle licence has been taken out for a tractor unit having two axles which is to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than three axles; and

(b) the rate of duty paid on taking out the licence is equal to or exceeds the rate of duty applicable to a tractor unit having two axles—

(i) which has a plated train weight equal to the maximum laden weight at which a tractor unit having two axles may lawfully be used in Great Britain with a semi-trailer with two axles; and

(ii) which is to be used with semi-trailers with not less than two axles.

(2) If, in a case to which this paragraph applies, the tractor unit is used with a semi-trailer with two axles and, when so used, the laden weight of the tractor unit and semi-trailer taken together does not exceed the maximum laden weight mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) above, the tractor unit shall, when so used, be taken to be licensed in accordance with the requirements of this Act.

Tractor units having three or more axles used with semi-trailers having only one axle when duty paid by reference to use with semi-trailers having more than one axle

14B (1) This paragraph applies in any case where—

(a) a vehicle licence has been taken out for a tractor unit having three or more axles which is to be used only with semi-trailers with not less than two axles; and

(b) the rate of duty paid on taking out the licence is equal to or exceeds the rate of duty applicable to a tractor unit having three or more axles—

(i) which has a plated train weight equal to the maximum laden weight at which a tractor unit having three or more axles may lawfully be used in Great Britain with a semi-trailer with a single axle; and

(ii) which is to be used with semi-trailers with any number of axles.

(2) If, in a case to which this paragraph applies, the tractor unit is used with a semi-trailer with a single axle and, when so used, the laden weight of the tractor unit and semi-trailer taken together does not exceed the maximum laden weight mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) above, the tractor unit shall, when so used, be taken to be licensed in accordance with the requirements of this Act.”

Textual Amendments

F18 Sch. 3 para. 8(4) repealed by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 107:2), s. 132, Sch. 19 Pt. II (in relation to licences taken out after 20.3.1990)

F19 Words repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 107:2), s. 98(6), Sch. 27 Pt. II (in relation to licences taken out after 19.3.1985)

F20 Word repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 107:2), s. 98(6), Sch. 27 Pt. II (in relation to licences taken out after 19.3.1985)

F21 Sch. 3 para. 8(5)(c) repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 107:2), s. 98(6), Sch. 27 Pt. II (in relation to licences taken out after 19.3.1985)

Amendments made only in the Act of 1971 U.K.

F22 9 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 9 repealed (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 258, Sch. 26 Pt. I(3) (with Sch. 3)

10 In paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1971 (plated and unladen weights)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for the words from “plated weight” to “Act 1972” there shall be substituted the word “weight” and at the end there shall be inserted the words “as indicated on the appropriate plate”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for the words “a plated gross weight” there shall be substituted the words “such a plate”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (2), for the words from “plated weight” to “Part II” there shall be substituted the word “weight” and at the end there shall be inserted the words “as indicated on the appropriate plate”.

11 In the said paragraph 9 there shall be inserted, after sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph—

“(2A) In this paragraph “appropriate plate”, in relation to a vehicle or trailer, means—

(a) where a Ministry plate (within the meaning of regulations made under section 40 or 45 or the Road Traffic Act 1972) has been issued, or has effect as if issued, for the vehicle or trailer following the issue or amendment of a plating certificate (within the meaning of Part II of that Act), that plate;

(b) where paragraph (a) does not apply, but such certificate is in force for the vehicle or trailer, that certificate; and

(c) where neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) above applies but the vehicle or trailer has been equipped with a plate in accordance with regulations made under section 40 of the Act of 1972, that plate.”

Amendments made only in the Act of 1972 U.K.

F23 12 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F23 Sch. 3 para. 12 repealed (1.10.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 107:2), ss. 10, 123, Sch. 19 Pt.IV; S.I. 1991/2021, art.2.

SCHEDULES 4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24 U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F24 Schs. 4, 5 repealed by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), s. 844, Sch. 31

F25 SCHEDULE 6 U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F25 Sch. 6 repealed (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the repealing Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch.12 (with s. 201(3), Sch. 11 paras. 20, 22, 26(2), 27)

Section 35.

SCHEDULE 7 U.K. APRT: M29 Modifications of Finance Act, 1982, Schedule 19

Marginal Citations

M29 1982 c. 39.

1 U.K. In paragraph 1(3) (returns for periods after liability for APRT has ceased) the word “nine” shall be omitted.

2 U.K. In paragraph 2(2) (instalment payments where liability for APRT expires) for the words from “the chargeable period” to “for that field” there shall be substituted the words “ any chargeable period ending on or after 31st December 1984. ”

3 (1) In paragraph 14 (repayment of APRT) in sub-paragraph (1) for the words from “for the last” to “section 139(1)(b)” there shall be substituted the words “ for the ninth chargeable period following the first chargeable period referred to in section 139(1)(a) ”. U.K.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph for the words from “the last” to “this Act” there shall be substituted the words “ the ninth chargeable period referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above ” and for the words “subsection (4) of that section” there shall be substituted the words “ section 139(4) of this Act ”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph for the words “the last chargeable period” and in sub-paragraph (4)(a) of that paragraph for the words “the chargeable period” there shall be substituted the words “ the ninth chargeable period ”.

4 U.K. In paragraph 17 (abandoned fields) in sub-paragraph (1)(c) for the words from “last” to “section 139(1)(b)” there shall be substituted the words “ ninth chargeable period following the first chargeable period referred to in section 139(1)(a) ”.

Section 37.

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Reliefs for Exploration and Appraisal Expenditure etc

Part I U.K. Section to be Inserted after Section 5 of the Principal Act

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 The text of Sch. 8 Pt. I is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

“5A Allowance of exploration and appraisal expenditure.

(1) The exploration and appraisal expenditure which, subject to the provisions of this section and Schedule 7 to this Act, is allowable in the case of a person who is a participator in an oil field is any expenditure (whether or not of a capital nature) which—

(a) is incurred after 15th March 1983 by that person or, if that person is a company, by that company or a company associated with it in respect of the expenditure; and

(b) is so incurred wholly and exclusively for one or more of the purposes specified in subsection (2) below; and

(c) at the time it is so incurred, does not relate to a field for which a development decision has previously been made.

(2) The purposes referred to in subsection (1) above are—

(a) the purpose of searching for oil in the United Kingdom, the territorial sea thereof or a designated area;

(b) the purpose of ascertaining the extent or characteristics of any oil-bearing area in the United Kingdom, the territorial sea thereof or a designated area;

(c) the purpose of ascertaining what are the reserves of oil of any such oil-bearing area; and

(d) subject to subsection (3) below, the purpose of making to the Secretary of State any payment under or for the purpose of obtaining a licence (not being a payment by way of royalty or other periodic payment).

(3) Expenditure incurred for the purpose mentioned in subsection (2)(d) above is not allowable under this section unless, at the time the allowance is claimed,—

(a) the licence to which the expenditure related has expired or has been determined or revoked; or

(b) part of the licensed area has been surrendered;

and where paragraph (b) above applies only that proportion of the expenditure which corresponds to the proportion of the licensed area which has been surrendered is expenditure falling within subsection (1) above.

(4) Subject to subsection (5) below, subsections (2) and (4) to (8) of section 5 of this Act apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.

(5) In the application for the purposes of this section of the provisions of section 5 of this Act referred to in subsection (4) above,—

(a) any reference in subsection (2) of section 5 to the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of that section shall be construed as a reference to any of the purposes specified in subsection (2) of this section;

(b) the reference in subsection (2)(a) of section 5 to subsection (1) of that section shall be construed as a reference to subsection (1) of this section; and

(c) the reference in subsection (6) of section 5 to a sum received does not include a reference—

(i) to a sum received from the disposal of oil won in the course of operations carried out for any of the purposes in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (2) of this section; or

(ii) to a sum received for the assignment of any of the rights conferred by a licence or of any interest in a licensed area.

(6) Expenditure is not allowable under this section in connection with an oil field if, or to the extent that, it has been allowed under Schedule 5, Schedule 6 or Schedule 7 to this Act in connection with any oil field.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) above, a development decision is made when—

(a) consent for development is granted to a licensee by the Secretary of State in respect of the whole or part of an oil field; or

(b) a programme of development is served on a licensee or approved by the Secretary of State for the whole or part of an oil field;

and subsections (4) and (5) of section 36 of the Finance Act 1983 (meaning of development etc.) apply in relation to this subsection as they apply in relation to subsections (2) and (3) of that section.

(8) If, at the time when it is incurred, expenditure relates to an area—

(a) which is not then an oil field, but

(b) in respect of which notice of a proposed determination has previously been given under paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1 to this Act,

that area shall be treated for the purposes of this section as having become an oil field at the time the notice was given unless, when the actual determination is made, the area is not included in an oil field.”

Part II U.K. Amendments Relating to the New Allowance

The principal Act U.K.

1 U.K. In section 2(9) of the principal Act (amounts to be taken into account in respect of expenditure) at the end of paragraph (e) there shall be added “and

(f) any exploration and appraisal expenditure allowable in the case of the participator under section 5A of this Act which, on a claim made by him under Schedule 7 to this Act, has been allowed under that Schedule before the Board have made an assessment to tax or a determination on or in relation to him for the period in respect of the field, so far as that expenditure has not been taken into account in any previous assessment to tax or determination.”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10 Part of the text of Sch. 8 Pt. II paras. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

2 U.K. At the end of subsection (3) of section 3 of the principal Act (expenditure not allowable under that section if already allowed under other provisions) there shall be added the words “ but where expenditure allowable under section 5A of this Act has been allowed on a claim under Schedule 7 to this Act, nothing in this subsection shall prevent a claim being made for an allowance under this section in respect of the same expenditure unless the person making the claim is the participator who made the claim under that Schedule ”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11 Part of the text of Sch. 8 Pt. II paras. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

3 U.K. In section 5 of the principal Act (allowance of abortive exploration expenditure) in subsection (1) after the words “1st January 1960” there shall be inserted the words “ and before 16th March 1983 ”.

4 U.K. In section 9 of the principal Act (limit on amount of tax payable) in subsection (2)(a)(ii) for the words “and (e)” there shall be substituted the words “ (e) and (f) ”.

5 U.K. In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act (returns by participators) at the end of sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:—

“(2A) Every participator in an oil field shall, in the first return under this paragraph which he makes for that field, state whether any and, if any, how much exploration and appraisal expenditure to which section 5A of this Act applies and which relates to, or to a licence for, any part of the field has been claimed under Schedule 7 to this Act—

(a) by him, or

(b) by a company associated with him in respect of that expenditure, or

(c) if he or such a company is the new participator, within the meaning of Schedule 17 to the Finance Act 1980, by the old participator, within the meaning of that Schedule, or by a company associated with him in respect of that expenditure,

and subsection (7) of section 5 of this Act applies for the purposes of this sub-paragraph as it applies for the purposes of that section.”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 Part of the text of Sch. 8 Pt. II paras. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

6 (1) In Schedule 7 to the principal Act (claims for allowance of abortive exploration expenditure) in paragraph 1(1), for the words from “of any” to “of this Act” there shall be substituted:— U.K.

“(a) of any abortive exploration expenditure allowable under section 5 of this Act, or

(b) of any exploration and appraisal expenditure allowable under section 5A of this Act”.

(2) In paragraph 1(3) of that Schedule, after the words “section 5” there shall be added the words “ or, as the case may be, section 5A. ”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 Part of the text of Sch. 8 Pt. II paras. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

The Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 U.K.

7 U.K. In the Schedule to the M30 Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 (computation of payment on account) in paragraph 2(4) for the words “or (d)” there shall be substituted the words “ (d) or (f) ”.

Marginal Citations

M30 1980 c. 1.

The Finance Act 1980 U.K.

8 U.K. In Schedule 17 to the Finance Act 1980 (transfers of interests in oil fields) after paragraph 16 (abortive exploration expenditure) there shall be inserted—

“ Exploration and appraisal expenditure U.K.

16A In relation to exploration and appraisal expenditure to which section 5A applies, paragraph 16 above has effect as if any reference therein to section 5 were a reference to section 5A.”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C14 Part of the text of Sch. 8 Pt. II paras. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

9 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

Textual Amendments

F37 Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 9 repealed by Finance Act 1987 (c. 16), s. 72(7), Sch. 16 Part X

Part III U.K. Receipts to be Set Against Allowable Expenditure

10 U.K. In this Part of this Schedule—

• “allowable expenditure” means expenditure which, in accordance with section 5 or section 5A of the principal Act, is allowable on a claim made by a participator under Schedule 7 to that Act; and

• “qualifying receipt” means a sum the amount of which falls, by virtue of subsection (6) of section 5 of the principal Act, to be applied by way of reduction in the amount of expenditure which would otherwise be allowable expenditure.

11 (1) A return made by a participator for a chargeable period under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act shall give details of any qualifying receipt (whether received by him or by a person connected with him) of which details have not been given in a return made by him for an earlier chargeable period. U.K.

(2) Section [F38 839 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988] (connected persons) applies for the purposes of this paragraph.

Textual Amendments

F38 Words substituted by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), Sch. 29 para. 32

12 (1) This paragraph applies where— U.K.

(a) a claim for allowable expenditure has been made by a participator under Schedule 7 to the principal Act; and

(b) as a result of the receipt (whether before or after the making of the claim) of a qualifying receipt, the amount allowed by way of allowable expenditure on the claim exceeds what it should have been.

(2) In determining, in a case where this paragraph applies, the assessable profit or allowable loss accruing to the participator in the chargeable period in which the qualifying receipt is received, the amount of the excess referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above shall be taken into account under section 2 of the principal Act as an amount which is to be included among the positive amounts referred to in subsection (3)(a) of that section.

(3) In the application of section 9 of the principal Act (limit on amount of tax payable) to a chargeable period in respect of which sub-paragraph (2) above applies, the amount of the excess referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above shall be deducted from the amount which would otherwise be the total ascertained under subsection (2)(a)(ii) of that section and, if the amount of that excess is greater than the amount which would otherwise be that total, that total shall be a negative amount equal to the difference.

SCHEDULE 9 U.K.

1 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

Textual Amendments

F39 Sch. 9 para. 1 repealed by Car Tax Act 1983 (c. 53), s. 10(4), Sch. 3 so far as relating to car tax and by Value Added Tax Act 1983 (c. 55), s. 50(2), Sch. 11 so far as relating to value added tax

2 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

Textual Amendments

F40 Sch. 9 para. 2 repealed by Value Added Tax Act 1983 (c. 55), s. 50(2), Sch. 11

3–7 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41

Textual Amendments

F41 Sch. 9 paras. 3–7 repealed by Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 (c. 51), ss. 274, 277, Schs. 7, 9

Section 48.

SCHEDULE 10 U.K. Repeals

Part I U.K. Miscellaneous Customs and Excise

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
1964 c. 26.	The Licensing Act 1964.	Section 30(5).
1967 c. 54.	The Finance Act 1967.	In Schedule 7, paragraph 4.
1969 c. 32.	The Finance Act 1969.	Section 1(5).
		Schedule 7.
1976 c. 66.	The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976.	Section 22.
1977 c. 45.	The Criminal Law Act 1977.	In Schedule 12, in the entry relating to the Licensing Act 1964, paragraph 1.
1979 c. 2.	The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.	In section 51(1), the words “within the prescribed area”.
1979 c. 4.	The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979.	Section 92(7).
1980 c. 48.	The Finance Act 1980.	Section 9.
1982 c. 39.	The Finance Act 1982.	In Schedule 5, in part B, paragraph 16(3).

The repeals in the Finance Act 1969, the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 and the Finance Act 1980 have effect on the appointed day within the meaning of section 9(2) of this Act.

Part II U.K. Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C15 The text of Sch. 10 Pt. II is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
1970 c. 10.	The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.	In section 226(3)(c) the words “(but not before he attains the age of fifty)”.
1980 c. 48.	The Finance Act 1980.	In Schedule 12, paragraph 7(2)(aa).
1981 c. 35.	The Finance Act 1981.	Section 53(7).
		In section 59, in subsection (4) the words “and (7)” and in subsection (6), paragraph (b).
		In section 62(6)(a) the words “53(7),”.
		In section 63(2) the words “53(7),”.
1982 c. 39.	The Finance Act 1982.	In section 77, in subsection (2), the words from “and at the end” onwards.

1 U.K. The repeal in section 226(3)(c) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 shall be deemed to have come into force on 6th April 1983.

2 U.K. The repeals in sections 53, 59, 62 and 63 of the Finance Act 1981 have effect in relation to events occurring on or after 6th April 1983.

Part III U.K. Oil Taxation

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
1975 c. 22.	The Oil Taxation Act 1975.	In Schedule 7, in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (1) the words from “but may not” to the end, and, in sub-paragraph (2) the words “within the time allowed for making the original claim”.
1982 c. 39.	The Finance Act 1982.	In Schedule 19, in paragraph 1(3) the word “nine”.