Recovery of interest
11.—(1) Where the Department exercises the power conferred by regulation 10(1)(b), it may also recover on demand interest on the sum to be recovered, and the rate of interest shall be one percentage point above the Bank of England base rate calculated on a day to day basis.
(2) In this regulation, “Bank of England base rate” means—
(a)except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the rate announced from time to time by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England as the official dealing rate, being the rate at which the Bank is willing to enter into transactions for providing short-term liquidity in the money markets; or
(b)if an order under section 19 (reserve powers) of the Bank of England Act 1998(b) is in force, any equivalent rate determined by the Treasury under that section.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, no interest shall be charged for the first 60 days after the payment deadline as recorded in the recovery notice issued by the Department.
(4) In any proceedings relating to this regulation, a certificate of the Department stating the Bank of England base rate applicable during the period specified in the certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the rate applicable in the specified period if the certificate also states that the Bank of England notified the Department of that rate.