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Finance Act 1985

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Part IU.K. Customs and Excise and Value Added Tax

Chapter IU.K. Customs and Excise

The rates of dutyU.K.

1 Spirits, beer, wine, made-wine and cider.U.K.

(1)In section 5 of the M1Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (excise duty on spirits) for “£15.48” there shall be substituted “£15.77”.

(2)In section 36 of that Act (excise duty on beer) for “£24.00” and “£0.80” there shall be substituted “£25.80” and “£0.86” respectively.

(3)For the Table of rates of duty in Schedule 1 to that Act (wine and made-wine) there shall be substituted the Table in Schedule 1 to this Act.

(4)With respect to wine or made-wine imported into or produced in the United Kingdom on or after 29th July 1985, Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with the substitution—

(a)for the words “of less than 15”, in each place where they occur, of the words “not exceeding 15”; and

(b)for the words “of not less than 15” of the words “exceeding 15”.

(5)In section 62(1) of that Act (excise duty on cider) for “£14.28” there shall be substituted “£15.80”.

(6)This section and Schedule 1 to this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on 20th March 1985.

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3 Hydrocarbon oil.U.K.

(1)In section 6(1) of the M2Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (rates of duty on hydrocarbon oil) for “£0.1716” (light oil) and “£0.1448” (heavy oil) there shall be substituted “£0.1794” and “£0.1515” respectively.

(2)This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 19th March 1985.

Marginal Citations

4 Vehicles excise duty.U.K.

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F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

F2(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2S. 4(1)-(3)(5)-(8) repealed (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 65, 66(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with s. 57(4))

F3S. 4(4) repealed (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to licences taken out after 30.11.1993) by 1994 c. 9, s. 258, Sch. 26 Pt. I

Other provisionsU.K.

5 Blending of certain wines to constitute production of wine.U.K.

(1)In section 54 of the M3Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (charge of excise duty on wine) at the end of subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsections:—

(3A)For the purposes of this Act, the process of blending or otherwise mixing two or more wines (in this subsection referred to as “the constituent wines”) constitutes the production of wine if—

(a)the rate of duty applicable to one of the constituent wines is different from that applicable to the other or, as the case may be, at least one of the others; and

(b)the rate of duty applicable to the wine which is the product of the blending or other mixing is higher than that which is applicable to at least one of the constituent wines; and

(c)the blending or other mixing is with a view to dealing wholesale in the wine is the product thereof;

and for the purposes of this subsection the rate of duty applicable to any wine is that which is or would be chargeable under subsection (1) above on its importation into the United Kindgom or, as the case may be, on its production as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection.

(3B)Where, by virtue of subsection (3A) above, wine is produced in the United Kingdom, duty shall be chargeable on that wine by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above whether or not duty was previously charged on all or any of the constituent wines by virtue of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of that subsection; but nothing in this subsection shall affect the operation of any regulations under section 56 below giving relief from duty on wine so produced by reference to duty charged on all or any of the constituent wines.

(2)Subsection (1) above has effect in relation to the blending or otherwise mixing of wines on or after 26th March 1985.

Marginal Citations

6 Miscellaneous amendments relating to spirits and beer.U.K.

(1)The M4Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 shall have effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 3 to this Act (being amendments relating to spirits and beer).

(2)Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 to this Act shall come into operation on such day as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and a different day may be so appointed for each of those paragraphs.

Subordinate Legislation Made

P1Power of appointment conferred by s. 6(2) fully exercised: 29.10.1985 appointed by S.I. 1985/1622, art. 2

Marginal Citations

7 Hydrocarbon oil: mixing etc.U.K.

(1)Schedule 4 to this Act (which contains provisions about mixing hydrocarbon oil etc.) shall have effect.

(2)That Schedule shall come into operation on such day as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

Subordinate Legislation Made

P2Power of appointment conferred by s. 7(2) fully exercised: 15.10.1985 appointed by S.I. 1985/1451, art. 2

8 Gaming machine licence duty.U.K.

(1)The M5Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (in this section referred to as “the 1981 Act”) shall have effect subject to the amendments in Part I of Schedule 5 to this Act, being amendments designed—

(a)enable the type of gaming machine licence which may be granted and the amount of duty payable thereon to be determined by reference to the value of the maximum prize obtainable by a successful player of the machine; and

(b)to extend to Northern Ireland the provisions of the 1981 Act relating to gaming machine licence duty.

(2)Part II of Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of extending to Northern Ireland certain subordinate legislation made under the 1981 Act.

(3)Nothing in Schedule 5 to this Act has effect with respect to licences granted or to be granted for any period beginning before 1st October 1985.

(4)In consequence of the extension to Northern Ireland referred to in subsection (1)(b) above, no gaming machine licence shall be issued under Part V of the M6Miscellaneous Transferred Excise Duties Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 in respect of any period beginning on or after 1st October 1985.

Marginal Citations

F49 Vehicles excise duty: fees.U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F4S. 9 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 65, 66(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with s. 57(4))

10 Computer records etc.U.K.

(1)Any provision made by or under any enactment which requires a person, in connection with any assigned matter,—

(a)to produce, furnish or deliver any document, or cause any document to be produced, furnished or delivered, or

(b)to permit the Commissioners of Customs and Excise (in this section referred to as “the Commissioners”) or a person authorised by them—

(i)to inspect any document, or

(ii)to make or take extracts from or copies of or remove any document,

shall have effect as if any reference in that provision to a document were a reference to a document within the meaning of Part I of the M7Civil Evidence Act 1968; and, accordingly, any reference in such a provision to a copy of a document shall be construed in accordance with section 10(2) of that Act.

(2)In connection with any assigned matter, a person authorised by the Commissioners to exercise the powers conferred by this subsection—

(a)shall be entitled at any reasonable time to have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with any document to which this subsection applies; and

(b)may require—

(i)the person by whom or on whose behalf the computer is or has been so used, or

(ii)any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material,

to afford him such reasonable assistance as he may require for the purposes of paragraph (a) above.

(3)Subsection (2) above applies to any document, within the meaning of Part I of the M8Civil Evidence Act 1968, which, in connection with any assigned matter, a person is or may be required by or under any enactment—

(a)to produce, furnish or deliver, or cause to be produced, furnished or delivered; or

(b)to permit the Commissioners or a person authorised by them to inspect, make or take extracts from or copies of or remove.

(4)Any person who—

(a)obstructs a person authorised under subsection (2) above in the exercise of his powers under paragraph (a) of that subsection, or

(b)without reasonable excuse fails to comply within a reasonable time with a requirement under paragraph (b) of that subsection,

shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 4 on the standard scale F5. . ..

(5)In each of the enactments mentioned in subsection (6) below (which create offences in relation, among other matters, to false documents) “document” shall have the same meaning as in Part I of the Civil Evidence Act 1968.

(6)The enactments referred to in subsection (5) above are—

(a)paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the M9Miscellaneous Transferred Excise Duties Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (false statements and documents in connection with pool betting duty);

(b)paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 2 to that Act (false statements and documents in connection with general betting duty);

(c)section 167 of the M10Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (untrue declarations etc.);

(d)section 168 of that Act (counterfeit documents etc.);

(e)section 15 of the M11Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (false statements and documents in connection with reliefs);

(f)paragraph 13(3) of Schedule 1 to the M12Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (false statements and documents in connection with betting duty);

(g)paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 2 to that Act (false statements and documents in connection with gaming licence duty);

(h)paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 1 to the M13Car Tax Act 1983 (false documents etc.).

(7)In the application of this section to Scotland and Northern Ireland, references in this section to Part I of the M14Civil Evidence Act 1968 and section 10(2) of that Act shall be construed—

(a)in the case of Scotland, as references to Part III of the M15Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 and section 17(4) of that Act respectively, and

(b)in the case of Northern Ireland, as references to Part I of the M16Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and section 6(2) of that Act respectively.

(8)In this section “assigned matter” means any matter which is an assigned matter for the purposes of the M17Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

Chapter IIU.K. Value Added Tax

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Newspaper advertisementsU.K.

F611. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6S. 11 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

Offences etc.U.K.

F712. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7S. 12 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

Civil penaltiesU.K.

F813. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8S. 13 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F913A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F9S. 13A repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F1014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F10S. 14 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F1114A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F11S. 14A repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F1214B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F12S. 14B repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F1315. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F13S. 15 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15 (and subject to amendment by 1995 c. 4, s. 32(2)-(4))

F1415A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F14S. 15A repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F1516. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F15S. 16 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F1617. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F16S. 17 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F1717A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F17S. 17A repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

Interest, surcharges and supplementsU.K.

F1818. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F18S. 18 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F1919. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F19S. 19 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F2020. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F20S. 20 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

Assessments, records and informationU.K.

F2121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F21S. 21 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F2222. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F22S. 22 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23 ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F2323. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F23S. 23 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

AppealsU.K.

F2424. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F24S. 24 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F2525. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F25S. 25 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F2626. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+N.I.

Textual Amendments

F26S. 26 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F2727. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F27S. 27 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

MiscellaneousU.K.

F2828. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F28S. 28 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F2929. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F29S. 29 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F3030. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F30S. 30 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F3131. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F31S. 31 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32U.K.

Textual Amendments

F32S. 32 repealed by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 40:2), s. 132, Sch. 19 Pt. III Note 1 and is expressed to be repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

F3333. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F33S. 33 repealed (1.9.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 101(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(2), Sch. 15

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