Finance Act 1998

148 Provisional collection of landfill tax. U.K.

(1) In section 1(1) of the M1 Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968 (taxes in relation to which resolutions may have temporary statutory effect), after “insurance premium tax," there shall be inserted “ landfill tax, ”.

(2) Where—

(a) by virtue of a resolution having effect under the M2 Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968 landfill tax has been paid at a rate specified in the resolution on a taxable disposal of material by reference to the weight of material disposed of, and

(b) by virtue of section 1(6) or (7) or 5(3) of that Act any of that tax is repayable in consequence of the restoration in relation to the taxable disposal of a lower rate,

the amount repayable shall be the difference between the landfill tax paid on the taxable disposal at the rate specified in the resolution and the landfill tax that would have been payable on a taxable disposal of the same weight of material at the lower rate.

(3) Where—

(a) by virtue of a resolution having effect under the M3 Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968 landfill tax is chargeable at a rate specified in the resolution on a taxable disposal by reference to the weight of material disposed of, but

(b) before the tax is paid it ceases to be chargeable at that rate in consequence of the restoration in relation to the taxable disposal of a lower rate,

the landfill tax chargeable at the lower rate shall be charged by reference to the same weight of material as that by reference to which landfill tax would have been chargeable at the rate specified in the resolution.

(4) Expressions used in this section and Part III of the M4 Finance Act 1996 have the same meanings in this section as in that Part.

Marginal Citations

M1 1968 c. 2.

M2 1968 c. 2.

M3 1968 c. 2.

M4 1996 c. 8.