The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995

First entry into service of a means of transport U.K.

147.  —

(1) For the purposes of section 95 of the Act a means of transport is to be treated as having first entered into service—

(a) in the case of a ship or aircraft—

(i) when it is delivered from its manufacturer to its first purchaser or owner, or on its first being made available to its first purchaser or owner, whichever is the earlier, or

(ii) if its manufacturer takes it into use for demonstration purposes, on its being first taken into such use, and

(b) in the case of a motorised land vehicle—

(i) on its first registration for road use by the competent authority [F1 in the relevant territory] of its manufacture or when a liability to register for road use is first incurred [F1 in the relevant territory] of its manufacture, whichever is the earlier,

(ii) if it is not liable to be registered for road use [F1 in the relevant territory] of its manufacture, on its removal by its first purchaser or owner, or on its first delivery or on its being made available to its first purchaser, whichever is the earliest, or

(iii) if its manufacturer takes it into use for demonstration purposes, on its first being taken into such use.

(2) Where the times specified in paragraph (1) above cannot be established to the Commissioners' satisfaction, a means of transport is to be treated as having first entered into service on the issue of an invoice relating to the first supply of the means of transport.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 147(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments, Northern Ireland Protocol and Savings and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1545), regs. 1, 81 (with regs. 109-131); S.I. 2020/1641, reg. 2, Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 147 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1