Finance Act 1994

AppealsU.K.

4(1)Where the Board serve notice on an electing participator under paragraph 3 above rejecting an election, he may appeal F1... against the notice.U.K.

(2)An appeal under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be made by notice of appeal served on the Board within thirty days beginning on the date of the notice in respect of which the appeal is brought.

(3)Where, at any time after the service of notice of appeal under this paragraph and before the determination of the appeal by the [F2tribunal] , the Board and the appellant agree that the notice in respect of which the appeal is brought should stand or that the election to which it related should be accepted with or without modification, the same consequences shall ensue as if the [F2tribunal] had determined the appeal to that effect.

(4)On the hearing of an appeal under this paragraph, the [F3tribunal] shall either dismiss the appeal or allow it; and if the [F4tribunal allows] the appeal, [F5the tribunal shall] direct either—

(a)that the election shall be accepted; or

(b)that the election shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be specified in the direction and shall be accepted in its modified form.

[F6(5)In an appeal under sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)paragraphs 14(2), (8) and (11) and 14A to 14I of Schedule 2 to the principal Act shall apply as they apply in relation to an appeal against an assessment or determination made under that Act subject to any necessary modifications including the following;

(b)any reference in those paragraphs to an agreement under paragraph 14(9) shall be construed as a reference to an agreement under sub-paragraph (3) above.]

(6)Any reference in this Chapter to an election accepted by the Board shall be construed as including a reference to an election accepted in pursuance of an appeal under this paragraph.