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Statutory Instruments
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
Made
2nd December 2004
Laid before the House of Commons
2nd December 2004
Coming into force
1st January 2005
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1(2) and 2(3) of the Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) Act 1979(1), hereby make the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Bioethanol) Order 2004.
(2) It comes into force on 1st January 2005 and has effect in relation to bioethanol that is charged with bioethanol duty on or after that date.
2. In this Order—
(a)“the Oil Act” means the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979(2);
(b)“bioethanol” has the same meaning as in section 2AB of the Oil Act(3);
(c)“bioethanol duty” means the duty charged on bioethanol by section 6AD(1) of the Oil Act(4).
3. The liability to bioethanol duty is adjusted by the deduction from the amount payable of 4.98 per cent.
Joan Ryan
Nick Ainger
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
2nd December 2004
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st January 2005, reduces the liability to duty on bioethanol where that duty is charged under section 6AD of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (c. 5) (“the Oil Act”). The effect of the deduction is that the liability to duty is 27.10 pence per litre instead of 28.52 pence per litre.
Before 1st January 2005, bioethanol could be charged to duty under section 6A of the Oil Act. This Order has no effect in relation to that liability to duty.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.
() 1979 c. 8; amended by section 10 of the Finance Act 1980 (c. 48), section 10 of the Finance Act 1982 (c. 39) and section 11(4) of the Finance Act 1993 (c. 34).
()1979 c. 5.
()Section 2AB was inserted by section 10(1) of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12).
()Section 6AD was inserted by section 10(3) of the Finance Act 2004.
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