Section 10.
SCHEDULE 6MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULE 5 TO [1983 c. 55.] VALUE ADDED TAX ACT 1983
PART IFood
1In Group 1 (Food), in Note (3) (which provides that a supply in the course of catering includes a supply for consumption on the premises) after the word " includes " there shall be inserted " (a) " and at the end of the Note there shall be added “and
(b)any supply of hot food for consumption off those premises; and for the purpose of paragraph (b) above ' hot food' means food which, or any part of which,—
(i)has been heated for the purpose of enabling it to be consumed at a temperature above the ambient air temperature; and
(ii)is at the time of the supply above that temperature”.
PART IIConstruction of buildings etc.
2Group 8 (construction of buildings etc.) shall be amended in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.
3In item 2 (supply of services in the course of certain operations relating to buildings and civil engineering works), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words " in the course of the construction or demolition of ".
4In item 3 (supply, by a person supplying services within item 2 and in connection with those services, of certain materials etc. and services relating to them) after the words " item 2 " there shall be inserted the words " of this Group or of Group 8A below ".
5After Note (1) there shall be inserted the following Note:—
“(1A)Any reference in item 2 or the following Notes to the construction of any building or the construction of any civil engineering work does not include a reference to the conversion, reconstruction, alteration or enlargement of any existing building or civil engineering work, and the reference in item 1 to a person constructing a building shall be construed accordingly.”
6(1)In Note (2) (matters excluded from item 2), for paragraph (a) (which excluded repair or maintenance and is rendered unnecessary by the removal from item 2 of the reference to alteration) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
“(a)the supply of any services in the course of the construction of any building ("the secondary building") within the grounds or garden of another building ("the main building ") which is used or to be used wholly or mainly as a private residence except—
(i)where the secondary building is itself to be so used; or
(ii)where the secondary building is a garage which is to be used and occupied together with another building which is being constructed at the same time as the secondary building and which is either the main building or another secondary building which is to be used wholly or mainly as a private residence.”
(2)In that Note—
(a)in paragraph (b), the words " or alteration ", and
(b)paragraph (c) (supply of services otherwise than in the course or furtherance of a business),
shall be omitted.
7After Note (2) there shall be inserted the following Note:—
“(2A)In item 3, the goods referred to in paragraph (a) do not include—
(a)finished or prefabricated furniture, other than furniture designed to be fitted in kitchens; or
(b)materials for the construction of fitted furniture, other than kitchen furniture; or
(c)domestic electrical or gas appliances, other than those designed to provide space heating or water heating or both.”
PART IIIProtected Buildings
8After Group 8 there shall be inserted the following—
“GROUP 8A—PROTECTED BUILDINGS
1Item No.
The granting, by a person substantially reconstructing a protected building, of a major interest in, or in any part of, the building or its site.
2The supply, in the course of an approved alteration of a protected building, of any services other than the services of an architect, surveyor or any person acting as consultant or in a supervisory capacity.
Notes
(1)' Protected building' means a building which is—
(a)a listed building, within the meaning of—
(i)the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ; or
(ii)the [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972; or
(iii)the [S.I. 1972/1634 (N.I. 17).] Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ; or
(b)a scheduled monument, within the meaning of—
(i)the [1979 c. 46.] Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 ; or
(ii)the [1971 c. 17 (N.I.).] Historic Monuments Act (Northern Ireland) 1971.
(2)For the purposes of item 1, a protected building shall not be regarded as substantially reconstructed unless the reconstruction is such that at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled when the reconstruction is completed—
(a)that, of the works carried out to effect the reconstruction, at least three-quarters, measured by reference to cost, are of such a nature that the supply of services (other than excluded services) materials and other items to carry out the works, would, if supplied by a taxable person, be within either item 2 of this Group or item 3 of Group 8 above, as it applies to a supply by a person supplying services within item 2 of this Group ; and
(b)that the reconstructed building incorporates no more of the original building (that is to say, the building as it was before the reconstruction began) than the external walls, together with other external features of architectural or historic interest;
and in paragraph (a) above ' excluded services' means the services of an architect, surveyor or other person acting as consultant or in a supervisory capacity.
(3)' Approved alteration' means,—
(a)in the case of a protected building which is an ecclesiastical building which is for the time being used for ecclesiastical purposes or would be so used but for the works in question, any works of alteration ; and
(b)in the case of a protected building which is a scheduled monument within the meaning of the [1971 c. 17 (N.I.).] Historic Monuments Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and in respect of which a protection order, within the meaning of that Act, is in force, works of alteration for which consent has been given under section 10 of that Act; and
(c)in any other case, works of alteration which may not, or
but for the existence of a Crown interest or Duchy interest could not, be carried out unless authorised under, or under any provision of,—
(i)Part IV of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971,
(ii)Part IV of the [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972,
(iii)Part V of the [S.I. 1972/1634 (N.I. 17).] Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, or
(iv)Part I of the [1979 c. 46.] Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979,
and for which, except in the case of a Crown interest or Duchy interest, consent has been obtained under any provision of that Part;
and in paragraph (c) above 'Crown interest' and 'Duchy interest ' have the same meaning as in section 50 of the said Act of 1979.
(4)For the purposes of paragraph (a) of Note (3), a building used or available for use by a minister of religion wholly or mainly as a residence from which to perform the duties of his office shall be treated as not being an ecclesiastical building.
(5)Where the benefit of the consideration for the grant of a major interest as described in item 1 accrues to the person substantially reconstructing the protected building but that person is not the grantor, he shall be treated for the purposes of that item as the person making the grant.
(6)In item 2 ' alteration' does not include repair or maintenance ; and where any work consists partly of an approved alteration and partly of other work, an apportionment shall be made to determine the supply which falls within item 2.
(7)Note (2) to Group 8 above applies in relation to item 2 of this Group as it applies in relation to item 2 of that Group.”