{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2026/section-240",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2026/section-240.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/11",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2026",
  "path": "section/240",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "240",
  "heading": "Extension of period for making representations",
  "text": "Where a provision of this Chapter requires an authorised officer of Revenue and Customs to allow a specified period of time for a person to make representations, the officer may, by notice to the person, extend that period.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 240 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 249(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 240 in force at 14.7.2026 for specified purposes by S.I. 2026/807, reg. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 240 in force at 18.8.2026 for specified purposes by S.I. 2026/807, reg. 4(1)(a) (with reg. 5)"
    }
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      "affecting_title": "The Finance Act 2026 (Registration of Tax Advisers) (Appointed Days and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026"
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      "affecting_title": "The Finance Act 2026 (Registration of Tax Advisers) (Appointed Days and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/11/section/240",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:42:24.914774+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."
}