Point in time view as at 22/07/2020.
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, Paragraph 53 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
53(1)For the purposes of this Part and Part 7 a person [F1(“P”)] is not to be regarded as having failed to do anything required to be done within a particular period of time if—U.K.
(a)[F2P] had a reasonable excuse for not doing it within that period, and
(b)if the excuse ceased to exist, [F2P] did it without unreasonable delay after the excuse ceased to exist.
(2)Where sub-paragraph (1)(b) applies, any further time limit running from the end of the period concerned is instead to run from the time when the thing in question was actually done.
[F3(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)an insufficiency of funds is not a reasonable excuse, unless attributable to events outside P's control, and
(b)where P relies on any other person to do anything, that is not a reasonable excuse unless P took reasonable care to avoid the failure.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 5 para. 53(1) inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 219(2)(a), 222
F2Word in Sch. 5 para. 53(1)(a)(b) substituted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 219(2)(b), 222
F3Sch. 5 para. 53(3) inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 219(3), 222 (with Sch. 8 para. 225)
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