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The Insurance Premium Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/2099 · Made 12 August 1996

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INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX

Made 12th August 1996

Laid before the House of Commons 12th August 1996

Coming into force 2nd September 1996

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraphs 7(7) and (12) of Schedule 7 to the Finance Act 1994f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c. 9; section 74(2) provides that any power to make regulations under PART III of the Act shall be exercisable by the Commissioners and section 73(1) defines “the Commissioners” as meaning the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. 3Regulation 3
  4. 4Regulation 4
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Insurance Premium Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd September 1996.

2

The Insurance Premium Tax Regulations 1994f1 (“the Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations.

3

The following regulation shall be inserted in PART VIII of the Regulations before regulation 42:

“A42

In this Part—

  • “Job Band” followed by a number between “1” and “12” means the band for the purposes of pay and grading in which the job an officer performs is ranked in the system applicable to Customs and Excise.”.

4

In regulations 42(1) and 43(a) and (b) for the words “Higher Executive Officer” there shall be substituted “Job Band 7”.

Signature

New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London

E. Woods

Commissioner of Customs and Excise

12th August 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend PART VIII of the Regulations with effect from 2nd September 1996.

Regulation 3 inserts a new regulation A42 by which “Job Band” is defined for the purposes of PART VIII of the Regulations by reference to the rank given to an officer’s job in the pay and grading system of Customs and Excise.

Regulation 4 amends regulations 42(1) and 43(a) and (b). As a consequence the minimum rank of officer by whom the powers described in regulations 42(1) and 43(a) and (b) may be exercised is an officer of a rank not below that of Job Band 7.