The Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014
S.S.I. 2014/277 · Made 24 October 2014
Landfill Tax
Made 24th October 2014
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 27th October 2014
Coming into force 7th November 2014
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 43(2) of the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2014 asp 2. The proceeding footnotes to this Order narrate relevant amendments to the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014.
Contents
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014 and comes into force on 7th November 2014.
2Day appointed
The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule to this Order (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table) is 7th November 2014.
Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of that table, a provision mentioned in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.
Signature
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
24th October 2014
Column 1 (provision of the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014) | Column 2 (subject matter) | Column 3 (purpose) |
|---|---|---|
| Section 5 | Meaning of disposal by way of landfill | For the purpose of making orders |
| Section 6 | Prescribed landfill site activities | For the purpose of making orders |
| Section 11 | Taxable disposals: power to vary | |
| Section 13 | Amount of tax | For the purpose of making orders and setting criteria under subsection (7)(a) |
| Section 14 | Qualifying material: special provisions | For the purpose of making orders |
| Section 15f1 | Weight of material disposed of | For the purpose of making regulations |
| Section 17 | Liability of controllers of landfill sites | For the purpose of making regulations |
| Section 18f2 | Credit: general | |
| Section 19 | Credit: bad debts | |
| Section 20 | Credit: bodies concerned with the environment | |
| Section 22f3 | Registration | |
| Section 23f4 | Information required to keep register up to date | |
| Section 25f5 | Accounting for tax and time of payment | |
| Section 30f6 | Information: material at landfill sites | |
| Section 37 | Partnership, bankruptcy, transfer of business etc. | For the purpose of making regulations |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 on 7th November 2014. The relevant provisions contain Ministerial powers to make subordinate legislation.
The Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 received Royal Assent on 21st January 2014. Sections 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 came into force that day (section 34 was amended with effect from 25th September 2014 by paragraph 10(14) of schedule 4 to the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014).