{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxes-management-act-1970/section-70A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxes-management-act-1970/section-70A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1970/9",
  "legislation_title": "Taxes Management Act 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxes-management-act-1970",
  "path": "section/70A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70A",
  "heading": "Payments by cheque.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act and the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) below, where—\n(a) any payment to an officer of the Board or the Board is made by cheque, and\n(b) the cheque is paid on its first presentation to the banker on whom it is drawn,\nthe payment shall be treated as made on the day on which the cheque was received by the officer or the Board.\n(2) The provisions are—\n(a) sections 824 to 826 of the principal Act (repayment supplements and interest on tax overpaid); ...\n(b) section 283 of the 1992 Act (repayment supplements); and\n(c) section 102 of the Finance Act 2009 (repayment interest).\n(3) This section is subject to regulations under section 95(1) of the Finance Act 2007 (payment by cheque).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 70A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3), Sch. 19 para. 22(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 22(1); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 70A(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Sections 101 and 102 (Interest on Late Payments and Repayments), Appointed Days and Consequential Provisions Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/992), arts. 1(1), 4(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 70A(2)(c) and preceding word inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Finance Act 2009, Sections 101 and 102 (Interest on Late Payments and Repayments), Appointed Days and Consequential Provisions Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/992), arts. 1(1), 4(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 70A(3) inserted (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 95(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 70A applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), Sch. 2 para. 15(1)-(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/9/section/70A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:31.747484+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."
}