Part I Customs and Excise and Value Added Tax

chapter I Customs and Excise

Rates of duty

1 Spirits, beer, wine, made-wine and cider.

(1)

In section 5 of the M1Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (spirits) for “£15.77” there shall be substituted “ £17.35 ”.

(2)

In section 36 of that Act (beer) for “£0.90” there shall be substituted “ £0.97 ”.

(3)

For the Table of rates of duty in Schedule 1 to that Act (wine and made-wine) there shall be substituted the Table in Schedule 1 to this Act.

(4)

In section 62(1) of that Act (cider) for “£17.33” there shall be substituted “ £18.66 ”.

(5)

This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 20th March 1990.

2 Tobacco products.

(1)

For the Table in Schedule 1 to the M2Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 there shall be substituted—
“ TABLE

1. Cigarettes

An amount equal to 21 per cent. of the retail price plus £34.91 per thousand cigarettes.

2. Cigars

£53.67 per kilogram.

3. Hand-rolling tobacco

£56.63 per kilogram.

4. Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco

£24.95 per kilogram.”

(2)

This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 23rd March 1990.

3 Hydrocarbon oil.

(1)

In section 6 of the M3Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979—

(a)

in subsection (1), for “£0.2044” (duty on light oil) and “£0.1729” (duty on heavy oil) there shall be substituted “ £0.2248 ” and “ £0.1902 ” respectively; and

(b)

subsection (2A) (special rate of duty on petrol below 4 star) shall cease to have effect.

(2)

In section 11(1) of that Act, for “£0.0077” (rebate on fuel oil) and “£0.0110” (rebate on gas oil) there shall be substituted “ £0.0083 ” and “ £0.0118 ” respectively.

(3)

In section 13A(1) of that Act (rebate on unleaded petrol), for “£0.0272” there shall be substituted “ £0.0299 ”.

(4)

In section 14(1) of that Act (rebate on light oil for use as furnace fuel), for “£0.0077” there shall be substituted “ £0.0083 ”.

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(6)

Subsections (1) to (4) above shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 20th March 1990.

4 Pool betting duty.

(1)

In section 7(1) of the M4Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (which specifies 42½ per cent. as the rate of pool betting duty), for the words “42½ per cent.” there shall be substituted the words “ 40 per cent. ”.

(2)

This section shall apply in relation to bets made at any time by reference to an event taking place on or after 6th April 1990.

5 Vehicles excise duty.

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