PART XIXBAD DEBT RELIEF (THE NEW SCHEME)
F1Time within which a claim must be made165A.
(1)
Subject to paragraph (3) F2and (4) below, a claim shall be made within the period of F34 years and 6 months following the later of—
(a)
the date on which the consideration (or part) which has been written off as a bad debt becomes due and payable to or to the order of the person who made the relevant supply; and
(b)
the date of the supply.
(2)
A person who is entitled to a refund by virtue of section 36 of the Act, but has not made a claim within the period specified in paragraph (1) shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as having ceased to be entitled to a refund accordingly.
(3)
This regulation does not apply insofar as the date mentioned at sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) above, whichever is the later, falls before 1st May 1997.
F4(4)
A person shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as having ceased to be entitled to a refund where the date mentioned at subparagraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) above, whichever is the later, is on or before 30th September 2005.