The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995

Interpretation—generalU.K.

2.  —

(1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and any reference to a Schedule to the Act includes a reference to a Schedule as amended from time to time by Order of the Treasury;

[F1“alphabetical code” means the alphabetical prefix as set out below which shall be used to identify the member State —

  • Austria — AT

  • Belgium — BE

  • [F2Bulgaria — BG]

  • Cyprus — CY

  • Czech Republic — CZ

  • Denmark — DK

  • Estonia — EE

  • Finland — FI

  • France — FR

  • Germany — DE

  • Greece — EL

  • Hungary — HU

  • Ireland — IE

  • Italy — IT

  • Latvia — LV

  • Lithuania — LT

  • Luxembourg — LU

  • Malta — MT

  • Netherlands — NL

  • Poland — PL

  • Portugal — PT

  • [F3Romania — RO]

  • Slovakia — SK

  • Slovenia — SI

  • Spain — ES

  • Sweden — SE

  • United Kingdom —GB]

“Collector” includes Deputy Collector and Assistant Collector;

“the Community” means the European Community;

“continental shelf” means a designated area within the meaning of the Continental Shelf Act 1964(1);

“Controller” means the Controller, Customs and Excise Value Added Tax Central Unit;

“datapost packet” means a postal packet containing goods which is posted in the United Kingdom as a datapost packet for transmission to a place outside the United Kingdom in accordance with the terms of a contract entered into between [F4a universal service provider] and the sender of the packet; or which is received at a post office [F5of [F4a universal service provider]] in the United Kingdom from a place outside the United Kingdom for transmission and delivery in the United Kingdom [F6by [F7that universal service provider]] as if it were a datapost packet;

[F8“fiscal or other warehousing regime” means “fiscal warehousing regime or warehousing regime”;]

[F9“postal packet” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011”;]

[F9“post office” has the same meaning as in section 125(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000”;]

“prescribed accounting period”, subject to regulation 99(1), means a period such as is referred to in regulation 25;

“proper officer” means the person appointed or authorised by the Commissioners to act in respect of any matter in the course of his duties;

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“registered person” means a person registered by the Commissioners under [F11Schedule 1, [F121A,] 2, 3 or 3A] to the Act;

“registration number” means the number allocated by the Commissioners to a taxable person in the certificate of registration issued to him;

“return” means a return which is required to be made in accordance with regulation 25;

“specified date” means the date specified in a person’s application for registration for the purpose of VAT as that on which he expects to make his first taxable supply.

[F9“universal service provider” means a person who provides a universal postal service (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011) or part of such a service, in the United Kingdom”.]

(2) A reference in these Regulations to “this Part” is a reference to the Part of these Regulations in which that reference is made.

(3) In these Regulations any reference to a form [F13specified in a notice published by the Commissioners] shall include a reference to a form which the Commissioners are satisfied is a form to the like effect.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 2 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1