PART VU.K. APPEALS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS F1

Textual Amendments

F1 SeeIncome and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1) s. 248(3)—Application of Part Vto appeals concerning election under s. 247 (dividends paid by one member of a group to another).Finance Act 1990 s. 47(8)—appeals against matters arising from part disposals of unit trusts etc. held by a transferor insurance company to be heard by Special Commissioners.Social Security Act 1975 Sch. 2 para. 9 (in Part II Vol. 5)—collection of Class 4 contributions with income tax.Income Tax (Sub-Contractors in the Construction Industry) Regns. 1975 (S.I. 1975 No. 1960) regn. 12(3) (inPart III Vol.5)—Part Vapplied, with modifications, to applications underregn. 12(2)Income Tax (Interest Relief) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982 No. 1236) (inPart III Vol.5) regn. 14(5)—applicationof Part Vto appeals under regn.14(3).Personal Equity Plan Regns. 1986 (S.I. 1986 No. 1948) (in Part III Vol. 5) regns. 18(3)and 26(5)mdash;Part Vto apply to appeals against withdrawal of Board's approval of plan managers, and against Board's decisions on annual claims for relief in relation to personal equity plans.Occupational Pension Schemes (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regns. 1987 (S.I. 1987 No. 1749) (in Part III Vol. 5) regn. 9(5)—Part Vto apply to appeals under S.I. 1987 No. 1749 regn. 9(3).Personal Pension Schemes (Provisional Approval) Regns. 1987 (S.I. 1987 No. 1765) (in Part III Vol. 5) regn. 6(4)—Part Vto apply to appeals under S.I. 1987 No. 1765.Personal Pension Schemes (Relief at Source) Regns. 1988 (S.I. 1988 No. 1013) (in Part III Vol. 5) regn. 11(5)—Part Vto apply to appeals under regn. 11(3).Private Medical Insurance (Tax Relief) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989 No. 2387) (in Part III Vol. 5) regns. 14and 17 Part Vto apply to appeals.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Part V (ss. 44 - 59) applied (30.1.1992) by S.I. 1992/10, reg. 10(3) and by S.I. 1992/12, reg. 10(3)

C2Part V (ss. 44 - 59) applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.7.1992) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7), ss. 15(3), 173(4), Sch. 2 para.8 (with s. 108(5))

C3Part V (ss. 44 - 59) applied (with modifications) (6.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/743, reg. 14(2)(4)

C4Part V (ss. 44 - 59) applied (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/2004, reg.11(10)

Proceedings before CommissionersU.K.

54 Settling of appeals by agreement. [1952 s.510; 1958 Sch.VI 5; 1965 Sch.X 1(1); 1966 Sch.VI 12(4).]U.K.

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, where a person gives notice of appeal and, before the appeal is determined by the Commissioners, the inspector or other proper officer of the Crown and the appellant come to an agreement, whether in writing or otherwise, that the assessment or decision under appeal should be treated as upheld without variation, or as varied in a particular manner or as discharged or cancelled, the like consequences shall ensue for all purposes as would have ensued if, at the time when the agreement was come to, the Commissioners had determined the appeal and had upheld the assessment or decision without variation, had varied it in that manner or had discharged or cancelled it, as the case may be.

(2)Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply where, within thirty days from the date when the agreement was come to, the appellant gives notice in writing to the inspector or other proper officer of the Crown that he desires to repudiate or resile from the agreement.

(3)Where an agreement is not in writing—

(a)the preceeding provisions of this section shall not apply unless the fact that an agreement was come to, and the terms agreed, are confirmed by notice in writing given by the inspector or other proper officer of the Crown to the appellant or by the appellant to the inspector or other proper officer; and

(b)the references in the said preceding provisions to the time when the agreement was come to shall be construed as references to the time of the giving of the said notice of confirmation.

(4)Where—

(a)a person who has given a notice of appeal notifies the inspector or other proper officer of the Crown, whether orally or in writing, that he desires not to proceed with the appeal; and

(b)thirty days have elapsed since the giving of the notification without the inspector or other proper officer giving to the appellant notice in writing indicating that he is unwilling that the appeal should be treated as withdrawn,

the preceding provisions of this section shall have effect as if, at the date of the appellant’s notification, the appellant and the inspector or other proper officer had come to an agreement, orally or in writing, as the case may be, that the assessment or decision under appeal should be upheld without variation.

(5)The references in this section to an agreement being come to with an appellant and the giving of notice or notification to or by an appellant include references to an agreement being come to with, and the giving of notice or notification to or by, a person acting on behalf of the appellant in relation to the appeal .

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 See—Finance Act 1981 (c. 35), s.134, Sch.17 para.18—application of this section to the special tax on banking deposits. Finance Act 1982(c. 39), s.156, Sch.21 para.4(1)—application of s.54 to the tribunal under Finance Act 1970 s.463 in relation to functions transferred by s.156. Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51), s. 84(7)—nothing in s. 55 applies to appeals against assessments under Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 s. 84. Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), s. 705(7)—agreement as to operation of s. 703 advance corporation tax taken into account in tax avoidance counteraction notice) requires agreement of all companies concerned.