Part 1U.K.Tax credits

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2003) by The Tax Credits (Immigration) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/653), regs. 1, 4 (as amended (6.4.2003 immediately after the coming into force of S.I. 2003/738) by S.I. 2003/742, regs. 1(1), 56 (with reg. 1(2))

C2Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2003 immediately after the coming into force of S.I. 2003/738) by The Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/742), regs. 1(1), 3-21 (as amended (6.4.2017) by S.I. 2017/387, regs. 1, 7)

AppealsU.K.

38 AppealsU.K.

(1)An appeal may be brought against—

(a)a decision under section 14(1), 15(1), 16(1), 19(3) or 20(1) or (4) or regulations under section 21,

(b)the relevant section 18 decision in relation to a person or persons and a tax credit for a tax year and any revision of that decision under that section,

(c)a determination of a penalty under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, F1...

[F2(ca)a decision under section 36A or 36C that working tax credit is not payable (or is not payable for a particular period), and]

(d)a decision under section 37(1).

(2)The relevant section 18 decision” means—

(a)in a case in which a decision must be made under subsection (6) of section 18 in relation to the person or persons and the tax credit for the tax year, that decision, and

(b)in any other case, the decision under subsection (1) of that section in relation to the person or persons and the tax credit for the tax year.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in s. 38(1) repealed (6.4.2013) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 120(3)(a), 150(3); S.I. 2013/178, art. 2

Commencement Information

I1S. 38 wholly in force at 6.4.2003; s. 38 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 61; s. 38 in force for certain purposes at 1.9.2002 and 1.1.2003 and otherwise in force at 6.4.2003 by S.I.2002/1727, art. 2

39 Exercise of right of appealU.K.

(1)Notice of an appeal under section 38 against a decision must be given to the Board in the prescribed manner within the period of thirty days after the date on which notice of the decision was given (or, in the case of a decision to which section 23(3) applies, the date of the decision).

(2)Notice of such an appeal must specify the grounds of appeal.

F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)Part 5 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 [F4(appeals and other proceedings)] applies in relation to appeals under section 38 (as in relation to appeals under the Taxes Acts, within the meaning of that Act), but subject to such modifications as are prescribed.

F5(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I2S. 39 wholly in force at 6.4.2003; s. 39 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 61; s. 39 in force for certain purposes at 1.9.2002 and 1.1.2003 and otherwise in force at 6.4.2003 by S.I.2002/1727, art. 2