- Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 1523 (C. 67)
The Finance Act 1995 (Denatured Alcohol) (Appointed Day and Savings) Order 2005
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| Made | 8th June 2005 |
The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 5(6) and (7) of the Finance Act 1995[1] hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1995 (Denatured Alcohol) (Appointed Day and Savings) Order 2005.
2. The day appointed as the day that—
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(a) section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Finance Act 1995 (denatured alcohol) come into force, and
(b) the repeals concerning denatured alcohol specified in Part 1 of Schedule 29 to that Act have effect,
is 1st July 2005.
3.
Any approval, authorization or licence granted by—
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(a) the Commissioners, or
(b) an officer,
in relation to methylated spirits shall, when section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Finance Act 1995 come into force, be treated as if it had been granted in relation to denatured alcohol.
D.A.Hartnett
Paul.R.C.Gray
Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
8th June 2005
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints 1st July 2005 as the day that section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Finance Act 1995 (c.4) come into force and the day that the related repeals in Part 1 of Schedule 29 to that Act have effect. It also provides for any approval, authorization or licence granted in relation to methylated spirits to be treated as if it had been granted in relation to denatured alcohol.
The bringing into force of these provisions enables the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs ("the Commissioners") to make regulations for the purpose of—
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(a) implementing provisions contained in Council Directive 92/12/EEC on the general arrangements for products subject to excise duty and on the holding, movement and monitoring of such products (OJ No. L76, 23.3.1992, p.4) (as amended) and Council Directive 92/83/EEC on the harmonization of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (OJ No. L 316, 31.10.1992, p.21), and
(b) supplementing the provision made for the mutual recognition of procedures for the complete denaturing of alcohol for the purposes of exemption from excise duty by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 3199/93 (OJ No. L288, 23.11.1993, p.12) (as amended).
Section 5(1) of the Finance Act 1995 provides that the alcoholic liquors on which excise duty is charged under the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (c.4) do not include denatured alcohol; and that any excise duty charged on such liquors that become denatured before the requirement to pay the duty takes effect shall be remitted.
The remainder of section 5, in addition to giving the Commissioners power to bring certain provisions into effect, provides them with power to make regulations defining denatured alcohol and makes provision for reviews and appeals of decisions they make.
Schedule 2 contains amendments for or in connection with the application to denatured alcohol of the provisions of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 that relate to methylated spirits and for a consequential change to the Finance Act 1994 (c.9).
The provisions concerning denatured alcohol replace the provision made for methylated spirits.
This Order brings into force those provisions of Part 1 of the Finance Act 1995 (Duties of Excise) that are not already in force.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Finance Act 1995, section 20, (Appointed Day) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2892) appointed 1st December 1995 as the day on which section 20 of the Act (recovery of overpaid excise duty) came into force.
Notes:
[1] 1995 c.4; section 5(8) provides for section 5 to be construed as one with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979(c.4) and section 4(3) of that Act applies the definitions of "the Commissioners" and "officer" in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(c.2); section 1(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 defines "the Commissioners" (as meaning the Commissioners of Customs and Excise) and "officer". Schedule 29, Part 1(3), provides for the powers in section 5(6) and (7) to apply in relation to the repeals made by that Part. The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11). Section 50(1) of that Act provides that a reference to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall be taken as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.back
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