# Finance Act 2000, Paragraph 42

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The amount payable by way of levy on a taxable supply is—
(a) if the supply is not a reduced-rate supply ..., the amount ascertained from the Table in accordance with sub-paragraph (2);
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ba) if the supply is a reduced-rate supply of electricity, 8 per cent of the amount that would be payable if the supply were a supply to which paragraph (a) applies;
(bb) if the supply is a reduced-rate of supply of any petroleum gas, or other gaseous hydrocarbon, supplied in a liquid state, 23 per cent of the amount that would be payable if the supply were a supply to which paragraph (a) applies;
(c) if the supply is any other reduced-rate supply, 11 per cent. of the amount that would be payable if the supply were a supply to which paragraph (a) applies;
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABLE
Taxable commodity supplied
Rate at which levy payable if supply is not a reduced-rate supply
Electricity
£0.00827 per kilowatt hour
Gas supplied by a gas utility or any gas supplied in a gaseous state that is of a kind supplied by a gas utility
£0.00827 per kilowatt hour
Any petroleum gas, or other gaseous hydrocarbon, supplied in a liquid state
£0.02175 per kilogram
Any other taxable commodity
£0.06468 per kilogram
(1ZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1A) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to paragraph 45B.
(1B) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a deemed supply under paragraph 24A or 24B.
(2) The levy payable on a fraction of a quantity of a commodity is that fraction of the levy payable on that quantity of the commodity.
(3) If a reduced-rate supply is part of an aid scheme within Article 25 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 800/2008, sub-paragraph (4) cites the title and publication reference of that Regulation for the purpose of complying with Article 3(1) of that Regulation.
(4) That citation is Commission Regulation (EC) No. 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation) (O.J. 2008 No. L214/3) (with the reference to Articles 87 and 88 being read, as a result of the Treaty of Lisbon, as a reference to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/17/schedule/6/paragraph/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2000/schedule-6/paragraph-42
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