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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Schedule 36 Part 2 Crossheading Power-to-inspect-premises-used-in-connection-with-taxable-supplies-etc:
- Sch. 41 para. 6(1A) inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 20 para. 10(2)
- Sch. 41 para. 6A(A1)(1) substituted for Sch. 41 para. 6A(1) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 20 para. 11(2)
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 41 para. 6(1A) inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 20 para. 10(2)
- Sch. 41 para. 6A(A1)(1) substituted for Sch. 41 para. 6A(1) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 20 para. 11(2)
Power to inspect premises used in connection with taxable supplies etcU.K.
11(1)This paragraph applies where an officer of Revenue and Customs has reason to believe that—U.K.
(a)premises are used in connection with the supply of goods under taxable supplies and goods to be so supplied [F1or documents relating to such goods] are on those premises,
(b)F2... or
(c)premises are used as [F3or in connection with] a fiscal warehouse.
(2)An officer of Revenue and Customs may enter the premises and inspect—
(a)the premises,
(b)any goods that are on the premises, and
(c)any documents on the premises that appear to the officer to relate to [F4the supply of goods under taxable supplies F5... or fiscal warehousing].
(3)The powers under this paragraph do not include power to enter or inspect any part of the premises that is used solely as a dwelling.
(4)Terms used both in [F6this paragraph] and in VATA 1994 have the same meaning [F7here] as they have in that Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 36 para. 11(1)(a) inserted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 6(2)(a)
F2Sch. 36 para. 11(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 113(2)(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)
F3Words in Sch. 36 para. 11(1)(c) inserted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 6(2)(c)
F4Words in Sch. 36 para. 11(2)(c) substituted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 6(3)
F5Words in Sch. 36 para. 11(2)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 113(2)(b) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)
F6Words in Sch. 36 para. 11(4) substituted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 6(4)(a)
F7Word in Sch. 36 para. 11(4) substituted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 47 para. 6(4)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 36 para. 11 modified (17.12.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by 1994 c. 23, Sch. 9ZA para. 78(1) (as inserted by Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26), s. 11(1)(e), Sch. 2 para. 2 (with s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(10)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 9)
C2Sch. 36 para. 11 modified (17.12.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by 1994 c. 23, Sch. 9ZB para. 26(4) (as inserted by Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26), s. 11(1)(e), Sch. 2 para. 2 (with s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(10)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 9)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 36 para. 11 in force at 1.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/404, art. 2
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