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The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995

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[F1Notification of the arrival in the United Kingdom of motorised land vehicles and payment of VATU.K.

148A.(1) This regulation applies to a means of transport that is a motorised land vehicle (see section 95 of, and paragraph 2(5D) of Schedule 11 to, the Act) (a “land vehicle”).

(2) In this regulation an “excepted relevant person” means a relevant person (see paragraph 2(5D) of Schedule 11 to the Act) who is—

(a)bringing a land vehicle into the United Kingdom which that person has the approval of the Secretary of State to register and license in the United Kingdom in accordance with Parts 1 and 2 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 using a secure registration and licensing system (whether automated or paper based);

(b)importing a land vehicle into the United Kingdom and who is not a taxable person acting as such in relation to the arrival of the land vehicle in the United Kingdom;

(c)bringing a land vehicle into the United Kingdom which—

(i)is not required to be registered for road use in the United Kingdom, and

(ii)is to remain in the United Kingdom for a period (continuous or otherwise) of not more than 6 months in any 12 months; or

(d)bringing a land vehicle into the United Kingdom which has remained registered for road use in the United Kingdom during the period when it has been outside the United Kingdom.

(3) A relevant person other than an excepted relevant person must notify the Commissioners of the arrival in the United Kingdom of a land vehicle within 14 days of the date of the arrival.

[F2(3A) Where a person falling within paragraph (2)(a) makes a decision that the land vehicle in question will not be registered using the secure registration and licensing system (whether because it is not required to be registered for road use in the United Kingdom or for any other reason), that person must notify the Commissioners of the arrival of that land vehicle in the United Kingdom within 14 days of the date of that decision.]

[F3(4) Where a person falling within paragraph (2)(c) makes a decision—

(a)to register the land vehicle in question for road use in the United Kingdom, or

(b)to keep the land vehicle in the United Kingdom for a period longer than that specified in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) in circumstances where that land vehicle is not required to be registered for road use in the United Kingdom,

that person must notify the Commissioners of the arrival in the United Kingdom of that land vehicle within 14 days of the date of that decision.]

(5) In this regulation “registered for road use in the United Kingdom” means registered for such use in accordance with the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and “register for road use in the United Kingdom” is to be construed accordingly.

(6) A person required to notify under paragraph (3) or (4) may authorise a third party to notify on that person’s behalf.

(7) The notification shall be made in the English language.

(8) A notification under paragraph (3) or (4) must—

(a)contain the particulars listed in paragraph (9);

(b)include a declaration by the person required to notify the arrival in the United Kingdom of a land vehicle or a person authorised on that person’s behalf that all the information entered in it is true and complete; and

(c)when made in paper form, be made at or sent to any office designated by the Commissioners for the receipt of such notifications.

(9) The particulars referred to in paragraph (8)(a) are—

(a)the name and current address of the person bringing the land vehicle into the United Kingdom;

(b)the date when the land vehicle arrived in the United Kingdom;

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(d)a full description of the land vehicle which shall include any vehicle registration mark allocated to it by any competent authority in another member State prior to its arrival and any chassis identification number;

(e)where applicable, the registration number of the person bringing the land vehicle into the United Kingdom;

(f)the date of the notification;

(g)in the case of an acquisition arising from a deemed supply under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Act—

(i)the value of the transaction determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Act, and

(ii)details of any relief claimed or to be claimed in relation to the acquisition under Item 2(f) of Group 12 of Schedule 8 to the Act (zero rating: drugs, medicines, aids for the handicapped etc);

(h)in the case of any other acquisition—

(i)the consideration for the transaction in pursuance of which the land vehicle was acquired,

(ii)the name and address of the supplier in the member State from which the land vehicle was acquired, and

(iii)details of any relief claimed or to be claimed in relation to the acquisition under Item 2(f) of Group 12 of Schedule 8 to the Act;

(i)in the case of an import—

(i)the price actually paid or payable for the land vehicle including any deposit, commission and fees,

(ii)the entry number of the Customs declaration as defined in paragraph 17 of Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code, and

(iii)the relevant commodity code entered on the Customs declaration; and

(j)any other particulars specified in a notice published by the Commissioners (which includes such a notice as revised or replaced from time to time).

[F5(9A) In any case falling within paragraph (3A) or (4), the date of the relevant decision is to be treated as the date of the arrival in the United Kingdom of the land vehicle in question for the purposes of paragraph (9)(b).]

(10) Any person required under paragraph (3) or (4) to notify the Commissioners of an arrival which is an acquisition must pay any VAT due on the acquisition at the time and in the manner prescribed in paragraphs (12) to (16) as appropriate.

(11) In the case of an import of a land vehicle, any requirements to notify the importation and pay any tax, duty of customs or duty of excise due as may be prescribed in any of the enactments referred to in section 16(1)(a) and (b) of the Act shall apply in addition to any requirements imposed by or under this regulation.

(12) Where—

(a)the arrival is a taxable acquisition which takes place in the United Kingdom, and

(b)the person acquiring the land vehicle is not a taxable person acting as such in relation to the acquisition of the land vehicle,

payment shall be made at the time of notification.

(13) Where—

(a)the arrival is a taxable acquisition which takes place in the United Kingdom, and

(b)the person acquiring the land vehicle is a taxable person acting as such in relation to the acquisition of the land vehicle,

payment shall be made in accordance with paragraph (15).

(14) Where the arrival is an acquisition arising from a deemed supply under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Act, payment shall be made in accordance with paragraph (15).

(15) Where this paragraph applies, payment shall be made in accordance with regulation 40 having been accounted for in the appropriate return required by regulation 25.

(16) In any case where—

(a)VAT due is required to be paid at the time of notification under paragraph (12), and

(b)notification is made under regulation 4A,

the relevant payment shall be made solely by means of electronic communications that are acceptable to the Commissioners for this purpose.]

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