# The Air Passenger Duty and Other Indirect Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/3337 · made 4 October 2001

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st November 2001, amend regulations 4 and 5 of the Air Passenger Duty and Other Indirect Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1461, as amended by S.I. 2000/631). The primary purpose of this amendment is to extend the existing provisions for setting interest rates on payments to and by the Commissioners on certain indirect taxes to include excise duties generally, and climate change levy.

Made under: Finance Act 1996 (Section 197)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/air-passenger-duty-and-other-indirect-taxes-interest-rate-amendment-regulations-2001/pdf/uksi_20013337_en.pdf

## Introductory text

CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX
LANDFILL TAX
VALUE ADDED TAX
Made 4th October 2001
Laid before the House of Commons 4th October 2001
Coming into force 1st November 2001
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 197 of the Finance Act 1996 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations:

## 1 

These Regulations may be cited as the Air Passenger Duty and Other Indirect Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and come into force on 1st November 2001.

## 2 

(1) Amend regulation 4 of the Air Passenger Duty and Other Indirect Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1998 (interest payable to the Commissioners) as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (e) omit “and”, and
(b) after sub-paragraph (f) insert “and, (g) paragraphs 41(2)(f), 70(1)(b) and 81(3) of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000 (climate change levy),”;.
(3) At the end insert—
(4) With effect from 1st November 2001 the rate of interest prescribed in paragraph (1) above for the purposes of paragraph 17 of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1997 also applies in the application of that paragraph to assessments under paragraph 14 or 15 of that Schedule as amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 3 to the Finance Act 2001.

## 3 

Amend regulation 5(1) of the Air Passenger Duty and Other Indirect Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1998 (interest payable by the Commissioners) as follows—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 1994” substitute “Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 3 to the Finance Act 2001 (interest payable on repayments etc.)”,
(b) in sub-paragraph (d) omit “and”, and
(c) after sub-paragraph (e) insert “and, (f) paragraphs 62(3)(f) and 66 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000 (climate change levy)”.

## Signature

Tony McNulty
Anne McGuire
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
4th October 2001

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which come into force on 1st November 2001, amend regulations 4 and 5 of the Air Passenger Duty and Other Indirect Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1461, as amended by S.I. 2000/631). The primary purpose of this amendment is to extend the existing provisions for setting interest rates on payments to and by the Commissioners on certain indirect taxes to include excise duties generally, and climate change levy.
The Regulations also extend those provisions for setting interest rates so as to cover cases where the Commissioners assess to recover excessive repayments of excise duty, or climate change levy.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3337 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-passenger-duty-and-other-indirect-taxes-interest-rate-amendment-regulations-2001
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.