The Travellers’ Allowances (Amendment) Order 2009 No. 3172

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 3172

Value Added Tax

The Travellers’ Allowances (Amendment) Order 2009

Made

2nd December 2009

Laid before the House of Commons

3rd December 2009

Coming into force

1st January 2010

The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs(1) make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(1) and 13(3) of the Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979(2):

(1)

Section 18(2) of the Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (c. 3) has the effect that where section 13 refers to “the Commissioners”, those words bear the same meaning as in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2). Section 1(1) of that Act, as amended by paragraph 22(b) of Schedule 4 to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), provides that “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

(2)

1979 c. 3; section 13(3) was amended by section 15 of the Finance Act 1984 (c. 43), and Schedule 1, paragraph 8(1) to the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48).