Value Added Tax Act 1994

[F12[F2(1)] The Commissioners shall not give a direction under this Schedule by reference to a relevant event if they are satisfied that—U.K.

(a)the change in the treatment of the [F3person], or

(b)the transaction in question,

had as its main purpose or, as the case may be, as each of its main purposes a genuine commercial purpose unconnected with the fulfilment of the condition specified in paragraph 1(3) above.

[F4(2)This paragraph shall not apply where the relevant event is the termination of a [F5person's] treatment as a member of a group by a notice under section 43C(1) or (3).]]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 9A inserted (29.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 31, Sch. 4

F2Sch. 9A para. 2(1) renumbered (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 16, s. 16, Sch. 2 para. 5(2)

F3Word in Sch. 9A para. 2(1)(a) substituted (1.11.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 53(2), Sch. 18 para. 14(3)(a); S.I. 2019/1348, reg. 2

F4Sch. 9A para. 2(2) inserted (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 16, s. 16, Sch. 2 para. 5(2)

F5Word in Sch. 9A para. 2(2) substituted (1.11.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 53(2), Sch. 18 para. 14(3)(b); S.I. 2019/1348, reg. 2