Section 161 Repayment interest on amounts payable by WRAI1

England and Wales

(1)

This section applies to any relevant amount paid by a person to WRA that is repaid by WRA to that person or to another person.

(2)

“Relevant amount” means an amount paid in connection with any liability (including any purported or anticipated liability) to pay to WRA—

(a)

an amount of F1WRA-collected tax, F2...

(b)

an amount of penalty relating to WRA-collected tax F3, or

(c)

an amount in respect of a tax credit.

(3)

If an amount to which this section applies is not repaid before the repayment interest start date, the amount carries interest (referred to in this Part as “repayment interest”) at the repayment interest rate for the period—

(a)

beginning with the repayment interest start date, and

(b)

ending with the date of repayment.

(4)

The repayment interest start date for the relevant amount is the later of—

(a)

the day on which the relevant amount was paid to WRA, and

(b)

the day on which the amount mentioned in subsection F4(2)(a), (b) or (c), in connection with which the relevant amount was paid, became payable to WRA.

(5)

Subsection (3)(a) applies even if the repayment interest start date is a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 (c. 61).

(6)

In this section, “repayment interest rate” has the meaning given by section 163(2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Act substituted (19.9.2025) by Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 21
F2: Word in s. 161(2) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Administration) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/101), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 40(2)(a)
F3: S. 161(2)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2018) by The Landfill Disposals Tax (Administration) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/101), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 40(2)(b)
F4: Words in s. 161(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Landfill Disposals Tax (Administration) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/101), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 40(3)

Commencement

I1: S. 161 in force at 25.1.2018 by S.I. 2018/33, art. 2(g)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Act substituted (19.9.2025) by Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 21