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The Air Passenger Duty (Rate) (Qualifying Territories) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/22 · Made 9 January 2007

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EXCISE

Made 9th January 2007

Laid before the House of Commons 9th January 2007

Coming into force 1st February 2007

The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 30(9B) of the Finance Act 1994f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c.9; subsections (9A) and (9B) were inserted by section 121(1) and (4) of the Finance Act 2002 (c.23). Subsection (9A) was amended by S.I. 2006/2693, which added Croatia to the list of territories in that subsection.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Air Passenger Duty (Rate) (Qualifying Territories) Order 2007.

(2)

It comes into force on 1st February 2007 and applies to the carriage of a passenger on an aircraft which begins on or after that date.

2

In the list of territories in subsection (9A) of section 30 of the Finance Act 1994 insert (in the appropriate place according to alphabetical order) the following territories —

  • Albania

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

  • Kosovo under the Interim Administration of the United Nations Mission

  • Montenegro

  • Serbia.

Signature

Dave Watts

Alan Campbell

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

9th January 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st February 2007, extends the destinations to which the lower rates of air passenger duty in section 30(3A) of the Finance Act 1994 apply by adding the territories listed in article 2 to the list of qualifying territories in section 30(9A) of that Act.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.