PART 3Carbon emissions tax

Administration etc.

75Power to make further provision about carbon emissions tax

1

The Commissioners may by regulations—

a

make provision about the assessment, payment, collection and recovery of carbon emissions tax, including provision about the recovery of overpayments;

b

require persons to keep, for purposes connected with carbon emissions tax, records of specified matters, and to preserve those records for a specified period;

c

make provision for the review of, and a right of appeal against, specified decisions of HMRC in connection with carbon emissions tax;

d

make provision about the enforcement of carbon emissions tax;

e

permit or require the sharing of information between HMRC, authorities and regulators for purposes in connection with carbon emissions tax;

f

make provision about the form, manner and content of any notice, application or other communication with HMRC in connection with carbon emissions tax (including provision about communications in electronic form);

g

make provision in relation to cases where an individual liable for carbon emissions tax dies or becomes incapacitated, or where a person (whether or not an individual) is subject to an insolvency procedure.

2

The Commissioners may by regulations make provision for purposes in connection with carbon emissions tax—

a

about the submission of emissions reports to a regulator;

b

about emissions determinations, including provision permitting or requiring a regulator to make an emissions determination in specified circumstances;

c

specifying conditions to be included in a permit granted by a regulator;

d

for the review of, and a right of appeal against, specified decisions of a regulator;

e

about the performance of a function of a regulator;

f

about the form, manner and content of any notice, application or other communication with a regulator (including provision about communications in electronic form).

3

Regulations under this section may, in particular—

a

make provision that is equivalent to, or applies with or without modification, any provision of an enactment relating to tax;

b

amend the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation or the Verification Regulation.