The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017

Appeals against decisions of the Commissioners U.K.

99.— [F1 (1) A person may appeal to the tribunal in accordance with regulation 100 if the person is the subject of a decision by the Commissioners under—

(a) regulation 25(2), to issue a direction;

(b) regulation 58, to the effect that a person is not a fit and proper person (unless the decision is required by virtue of paragraph (3) of that regulation);

(c) regulation 59(1), to refuse to register an applicant;

(d) regulation 60, to suspend or cancel the registration of a registered person;

(e) regulation 76, to impose a penalty or publish a censuring statement;

(f) regulation 78(2), to impose a prohibition.]

(2) The provisions of Part 5 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 M1 (appeals), subject to the modifications set out in paragraph (3), apply in respect of appeals to the tribunal made under this regulation as they apply in respect of appeals made to the tribunal under section 83 of that Act (appeals) M2 .

(3) Part 5 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 has effect as if sections 83A M3 to 84 M4 , 85A and 85B (appeals and reviews) M5 were omitted.

(4) The tribunal hearing an appeal under paragraph (1) has the power to—

(a) quash or vary any decision of the Commissioners, including the power to reduce any penalty to such amount (including nil) as the tribunal thinks appropriate; and

(b) substitute the tribunal's own decision for any decision quashed on appeal.

(5) For the purpose of an appeal under this regulation, the meaning of “tribunal” is as defined in section 82 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (meaning of tribunal) M6 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 99(1) substituted (10.1.2019) by The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1337), regs. 1(2), 4(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1994 c.23.

M2 Section 83 was amended by section 77(4) of the Finance Act 2009 (c.10), section 200(3) of the Finance Act 2012 (c.14), section 124 of the Finance Act 2016 (c.24) and by S.I. 2009/56.

M3 Section 83A was inserted by S.I. 2009/56.

M4 Section 84 was amended by section 31(4) of the Finance Act 1996 (c.8); section 31(3) of the Finance Act 1997 (c.16);, paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 1999 (c.16); section 23(3) of the Finance Act 2002 (c.23); section 17 of the Finance Act 2003 (c.14); paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2004 (c.12); section 21(5) of the Finance Act 2006 (c.25); section 93(9) of the Finance Act 2007 (c.11); paragraph 17 of Schedule 22(3) to the Finance Act 2014 (c.26) and section 124(4) of the Finance Act 2016 (c.24) and by S.I. 2008/1146 and 2009/56.

M5 Sections 85A and 85B were inserted by S.I 2009/56.

M6 Section 82 was amended by S.I. 2009/56.