F1Schedule 16 Supplementary Petroleum Duty
Appeals
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(1)
A participator may appeal to the Special Commissioners against an assessment or an amendment of an assessment made on him by notice of appeal in writing given to the Board within thirty days after the date of issue of the notice of assessment or of the amendment.
(2)
The notice of appeal shall specify the grounds of appeal, but on the hearing of the appeal the Commissioners may allow the appellant to put forward any ground not specified in the notice, and may take it into consideration if satisfied that the omission was not wilful or unreasonable.
(3)
The participator may at any time, if the Board do not object, abandon an appeal instituted by him; and for that purpose he shall notify his desire to do so to the Board who may, within thirty days after being so notified, object by notice in writing to the participator.
(4)
Where at any time between—
(a)
the giving of a notice of appeal against the assessment or the amendment of the assessment or from a decision of the Board on a claim under section 33 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 as applied by paragraph 2 above; and
(b)
the determination of the appeal by the Special Commissioners, the Board and the participator agree on how the assessment, amendment or decision should be varied or on what assessment or determination should be substituted in relation to the chargeable period in question, the same consequences shall ensue as if the Commissioners had determined the appeal to that effect.
(5)
If, on the appeal against an assessment or an amendment of an assessment, it appears to the majority of the Commissioners present at the hearing that the assessment or amendment is wrong—
(a)
because no, or a smaller, gross profit has accrued for the chargeable period in question; or
(b)
because a, or a larger, gross profit has accrued for that period,
the Commissioners shall vary the assessment or amendment in such manner, or substitute such determination, as may be required; and it shall be for the participator to satisfy the Commissioners as to anY matters within paragraph (a) above.
(6)
Save as otherwise provided by this Schedule (including the provisions applied by paragraph 2 above) the determination by the Special Commissioners of any appeal shall be final and conclusive.