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2U.K.For section 13 of the Stamp Act 1891 (appeal against assessment of duty) substitute—
(1)A person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Commissioners on an adjudication under section 12 may appeal against it.
(2)The appeal must be brought within 30 days of notice of the decision on the adjudication being given under section 12(3).
(3)An appeal may only be brought on payment of—
(a)duty and any penalty in conformity with the Commissioners’ decision, and
(b)any interest that in conformity with that decision would be payable on stamping the instrument on the day on which the appeal is brought.
(4)An appeal which relates only to the penalty payable on late stamping may be brought to the Special Commissioners in accordance with section 13A below.
(5)Any other appeal may be brought in accordance with section 13B below to the High Court of the part of the United Kingdom in which the case has arisen.
(1)The following provisions apply in relation to an appeal under section 13(4).
(2)Notice of appeal must be given in writing to the Commissioners, specifying the grounds of appeal.
(3)On the hearing of the appeal the Special Commissioners may allow the appellant to put forward a ground not specified in the notice of appeal, and take it into consideration, if satisfied that the omission was not wilful or unreasonable.
(4)The powers conferred by sections 46A(1)(c) and (2) to (4) and sections 56B to 56D of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (power of Lord Chancellor to make regulations as to jurisdiction, practice and procedure in relation to appeals) are exercisable in relation to appeals to which this section applies.
(5)On the appeal the Special Commissioners may—
(a)if it appears to them that no penalty should be paid, set the decision aside;
(b)if the amount determined appears to them to be appropriate, confirm the decision;
(c)if the amount determined appears to them to be excessive, reduce it to such other amount (including nil) as they consider appropriate;
(d)if the amount determined appears to them to be insufficient, increase it to such amount as they consider appropriate.
(6)Section 56A of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (general right of appeal on point of law) applies in relation to a decision of the Special Commissioners under this section.
(7)Without prejudice to that right of appeal, an appeal lies against the amount of a penalty determined by the Special Commissioners under this section, at the instance of the person liable to the penalty, to the High Court.
(8)On an appeal under subsection (7) the court has the same powers as are conferred on the Special Commissioners by subsection (5) above.
(1)The following provisions apply in relation to an appeal under section 13(5).
(2)The appellant may for the purposes of the appeal require the Commissioners to state and sign a case setting out the questions upon which they were required to adjudicate and their decision upon them.
(3)The Commissioners shall thereupon state and sign a case and deliver the same to the person by whom it is required, and the case may, within 30 days thereafter, be set down by him for hearing.
(4)On the appeal the court shall determine the questions submitted and may give such directions as it thinks fit with respect to the repayment of any duty or penalty paid in conformity with the Commissioners’ decision.”.
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