{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998/schedule-18/paragraph-31D",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/36",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/31D",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31D",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The determination of a question referred to the tribunal under paragraph 31A is binding on the parties to the referral in the same way, and to the same extent, as a decision on a preliminary issue in an appeal.\n(2) The determination shall be taken into account by an officer of Revenue and Customs in reaching his conclusions on the enquiry.\n(3) Any right of appeal under paragraph 30 or 34(3) may not be exercised so as to reopen the question determined except to the extent (if any) that it could be reopened if it had been determined as a preliminary issue in that appeal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 Pt. IV para. 31A-31D inserted (11.5.2001 with application as mentioned in Sch. 29 para. 7(2) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 9, s. 88, Sch. 29 para. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 18 para. 31D(1) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 261"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 18 substituted (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 68(a); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 18 substituted (18.4.2005) by virtue of Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 68(c); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 31-34 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Lloyds Underwriters (Tax) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3338), regs. 1(1), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 31A-31D applied (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 23(5)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/3",
      "affecting_title": "Finance Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/3",
      "affecting_title": "Finance Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/3",
      "affecting_title": "Finance Act 2024"
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  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/schedule/18/paragraph/31D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:30.566925+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}