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Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 6 para. 5(3) word omitted by Finance Act 2016 s. 144(2)(a)
Sch. 6 para. 19 20 omitted by Finance Act 2016 s. 144(2)(b)
Sch. 6 para. 24(2) omitted by Finance Act 2016 s. 144(2)(b)
Sch. 6 para. 20A omitted by Finance Act 2012 Sch. 32 para. 22(2)(b)
Sch. 6 para. 5(3) words omitted by Finance Act 2012 Sch. 32 para. 22(2)(a)
Sch. 6 para. 20B omitted by Finance Act 2012 Sch. 32 para. 22(2)(b)
Sch. 6 para. 24(2) words omitted by Finance Act 2012 Sch. 32 para. 22(2)(c)(i)
Sch. 6 para. 24(2) words omitted by Finance Act 2012 Sch. 32 para. 22(2)(c)(ii)
Sch. 6 para. 24(2) words omitted by Finance Act 2012 Sch. 32 para. 22(2)(c)(iii)
Sch. 6 para. 149A omitted by Finance Act 2012 Sch. 32 para. 22(2)(d)

For the purposes of any provision made by or under this Schedule under which liability to a civil penalty does not arise in respect of conduct for which there is shown to be a reasonable excuse—

(a)

an insufficiency of funds available for paying any amount is not a reasonable excuse; and

(b)

where reliance has been placed on any other person to perform any task, neither the fact of that reliance nor any conduct of the person relied upon is a reasonable excuse.

Notes on Schedule 6

Modifications

C1: Sch. 6 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Climate Change Levy (Suspension of Recycling Exemption) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1023), arts. 1, 2, 3
C2: Sch. 6 modified (retrospective to 26.3.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 42 para. 1(1)