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The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

S.I. 2005/2295 · Made 15 August 2005

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TAXES

TONNAGE TAX

Made 15th August 2005

Laid before the House of Commons 22nd August 2005

Coming into force 1st October 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraphs 29, 31, and 36 of Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 2000 f1 hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 17

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Payments in lieu of training
  4. 4Application
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st October 2005.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, “relevant four month period” means a period of four months commencing on 1st October, 1st February or 1st June.

3Payments in lieu of training

(1)

The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) Regulations 2000f1 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 15(1)(b) (payments in lieu of training), for “£608” substitute “£621”.

(3)

In regulation 21(4) (higher rate of payment in case of failure to meet training requirement), for “£553” substitute “£565”.

4Application

These Regulations apply for the purpose of calculating the payments in lieu of training in respect of a relevant four month period falling on or after 1st October 2005.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Derek Twigg

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

15th August 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) Regulations 2000 by increasing the amount of the payments in lieu of training. In respect of a relevant four month period falling on or after 1st October 2005 the figure by which the number of months is to be multiplied is increased from £608 to £621. In the case of a higher rate payment where there has been a failure to meet the training requirement, the basic rate to be used in the calculation is increased from £553 to £565.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it only provides for increases in line with the rate of inflation.