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Finance Act 1971

1971 c. 68 · Enacted 5 August 1971 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.[5th August 1971]X1C1I1X2

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

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Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Act applied (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 118(8)

Commencement

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Act partly in force at Royal Assent, partly retrospective, partly prospective, see individual sections; all provisions so far as unrepealed wholly in force at 1.2.1991

Editorial notes

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The text of ss. 6(1), 7, 69(1)(4) was taken from SIF group 107:2 (Road Traffic:Vehicle Excise Duty), ss. 13–60, 69, Schs. 2–12, 14 from SIF group 63:1 (Income, Corporation and Capital Gains Taxes:Income and Corporation Taxes), ss. 66–69(1)(4)(5), Sch. 13 from SIF group 99:7 (Public Finance and Economic Control:Miscellaneous), ss. 64, 69(1)(4)-(6) from SIF group 114 (Stamp Duty); provisions omitted from SIF have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary.

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General amendments to Tax Acts, Income Tax Acts, and/or Corporation Tax Acts made by legislation after 1.2.1991 are noted against Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1) but not against each Act

Contents

  1. Part I: Customs and Excise
  2. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 6Agricultural machines—vehicles excise duty and customs and excise duty.
  7. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. IIINCOME TAX AND CORPORATION TAX
  12. Part CHAPTER I: GENERAL
  13. 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. 21Occupational pension schemes Repealed
  15. 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  16. Part CHAPTER II: SUB-CONTRACTORS IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
  17. 29(Deductions on account of income tax from payments to certain sub-contractors in construction industry.) Repealed
  18. 30(Exceptions from section 29.) Repealed
  19. 31(Interpretation of Chapter II.) Repealed
  20. Part CHAPTER III: METHOD OF CHARGING INCOME TAX FOR 1973-74 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS
  21. 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  22. 37Consequential amendments and repeals.
  23. 38Commencement of Chapter III and transitional provisions.
  24. 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  25. Part III: INCOME TAX AND CORPORATION TAX: CAPITAL ALLOWANCES
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  27. Part IV: TAX ON CAPITAL GAINS AND ESTATE DUTY
  28. 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  29. 56(Taxation of short-term capital gains.) Repealed
  30. 57(Exemption or relief for small disposals). Repealed
  31. 58(Disposal of options.) Repealed
  32. 59(Abolition of charge to capital gains tax on death, etc.) Repealed
  33. 60(Replacement of business assets.) Repealed
  34. 61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  35. Part V: MISCELLANEOUS
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  37. 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  38. 65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  39. 66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  40. 67Confirmation of health service agreement with Northern Ireland and U.K. contribution towards cost of certain allowances and benefits in Northern Ireland.
  41. 68Payments to Banks of England and Ireland in respect of management of Government securities.
  42. 69Citation, interpretation, construction, extent and repeals.
  43. Schedule 1
  44. Schedule 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  45. Schedule 3: OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES Repealed
  46. Part I: TRANSITIONAL Repealed
  47. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  48. Schemes approved under old law Taxation of refunds of contributions and commutation payments Repealed
  49. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  50. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  51. Schedule 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  52. Schedule 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  53. Schedule 6: AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON NEW METHODS OF CHARGING TAX
  54. Part I
  55. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  56. Part II: AMENDMENT OF TAXES MANAGEMENT ACT 1970
  57. 81Paragraph 81
  58. 82Paragraph 82 Repealed
  59. 83Paragraph 83
  60. 84Paragraph 84
  61. 85Paragraph 85
  62. 86Paragraph 86 Repealed
  63. 87Paragraph 87 Repealed
  64. 88Paragraph 88
  65. 89Paragraph 89
  66. 90Paragraph 90
  67. Part III
  68. 91Paragraph 91 Repealed
  69. Schedule 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  70. Schedule 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  71. Schedule 9: RESTORATION OF DEVELOPMENT VALUE
  72. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  73. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  74. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  75. Schedule 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  76. Schedule 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  77. Schedule 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  78. Schedule 13: Health Service Agreement between Treasury and Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland
  79. 1Paragraph 1
  80. 2Paragraph 2
  81. 3Paragraph 3
  82. 4Paragraph 4
  83. 5Paragraph 5
  84. 6Paragraph 6
  85. Schedule 14: ENACTMENTS REPEALED
  86. IOCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS SCHEMES
  87. IINEW METHOD OF CHARGING TAX
  88. IIIBETTERMENT LEVY
  89. IVCASE VII
  90. VIIPart VII

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6Agricultural machines—vehicles excise duty and customs and excise duty.

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As from the said 1st September, in Schedule 1 to the M1Hydrocarbon Oil (Customs & Excise) Act 1971 (vehicles in which heavy oil may be used without repayment of rebate)—

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the reference in paragraph 2(b) to the said Schedule 3 shall be construed as a reference to that Schedule as amended by subsection (1) above, and

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the reference to an agricultural machine in paragraph 3(b) shall not include any vehicle which does not satisfy the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 6(1) of the M2Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (which makes provision corresponding to that made by subsection (1) above).

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29(Deductions on account of income tax from payments to certain sub-contractors in construction industry.)

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30(Exceptions from section 29.)

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31(Interpretation of Chapter II.)

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37Consequential amendments and repeals.

(1)

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified therein.

(2)

The enactments mentioned in Part II of Schedule 14 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Part.

38Commencement of Chapter III and transitional provisions.

(1)

The preceding provisions of this Chapter shall have effect for the year 1973-74 and subsequent years of assessment; and accordingly the amendments and repeals made by those provisions (including those mentioned in section 37 of this Act) shall not be taken to affect tax for an earlier year of assessment or the doing of anything in relation to tax for such a year.

(2)

The transitional provisions contained in Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect.

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56(Taxation of short-term capital gains.)

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57(Exemption or relief for small disposals).

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58(Disposal of options.)

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59(Abolition of charge to capital gains tax on death, etc.)

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60(Replacement of business assets.)

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67Confirmation of health service agreement with Northern Ireland and U.K. contribution towards cost of certain allowances and benefits in Northern Ireland.

(1)

Confirmation is hereby given to the agreement between the Treasury and the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland set out in Schedule 13 to this Act (an agreement which, if confirmed by Acts of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, supersedes as from 1st April 1971 an earlier agreement as amended).

(2)

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The preceding provisions of this section shall not come into operation unless and until Her Majesty by Order in Council declares that a corresponding provision has been enacted by the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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68Payments to Banks of England and Ireland in respect of management of Government securities.C1

Section 16 of the M1 National Loans Act 1968 (supplemental provisions as to the national debt) shall be amended as follows—

(a)

in subsection (7) (under which payments to the Banks of England and Ireland in respect of management of Government securities must relate to management in financial years ending on 31st March), for the words “in the year ending 31st March 1968 or any subseequent financial year” there shall be substiuted the words “in any period”, and

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subsection (8) (which governs the calculation of the amount of such payments and the time of payment) shall be omitted.

69Citation, interpretation, construction, extent and repeals.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1971.

(2)

In this Act “the Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act F11988.

(3)

In this Act—

sections 3, 8, 9, 10 and 12 shall be construed as one with the Customs and Excise Act 1952;

Parts II and III, so far as they relate to income tax, shall be construed as one with the Income Tax Acts and, so far as they relate to corporation tax, shall be construed as one with the Corporation Tax Acts;

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(4)

Except so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference to that enactment as applied, by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

(5)

Except as otherwise expressly provided, such of the provisions of this Act as relate to matters in respect of which the Parliament of Northern Ireland has power to make laws do not extend to Northern Ireland.

(6)

If the Parliament of Northern Ireland passes provisions amending or replacing any enactment of that Parliament referred to in this Act the reference shall be construed as a reference to the enactment as so amended or, as the case may be, as a reference to those provisions.

(7)

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 14 to this Act (Part VI of which includes certain obsolete enactments) are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that Schedule, but subject to any provision at the end of any Part of that Schedule.

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The Taxes Management Act 1970 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule.

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In section 22 the words “for the purpose of charging surtax” shall be omitted.

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In section 29—

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in subsection (4) the words “at the standard rate” shall be omitted; and

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in subsection (7) the words “at the standard rate” shall be omitted.

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In section 31(3)—

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in paragraph (a) the words “assessment to surtax, or any other” shall be omitted;

(b)

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after the paragraphs there shall be added the words “or if the appeal involves any question as to the application of section 30, Part XV or Part XVI of that Act.”.

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In section 91(3)—

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paragraphs (a) and (b)(i) shall be omitted; and

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after paragraph (b) there shall be added the following:—

or

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affecting tax charged at a rate other than the basic rate on income from which tax has been deducted (otherwise than under section 204 of the principal Act) or is treated as having been deducted, unless it is a relief from tax so charged.

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In section 93(4) for the words from the beginning to “this Act it” there shall be substituted the words “ In relation to a return required for the purposes of section 9 of this Act the reference in subsection (2) above to tax ”

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In section 95(3) for the words “include surtax” to “do not” there shall be substituted the words “ do not, in relation to anything done in connection with a partnership ”.

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(1)

There shall be ascertained in respect of each financial year during which this Agreement is in operation the total net cost in Great Britain and in Northern Ireland under the F1 National Health Service Act 2006, the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 and the M1National Health Service (Scotland) Act F21978 as they may be amended from time to time, and the corresponding enactments in Northern Ireland.

(2)

The net cost under paragraph (1) above shall be the actual cost as certified annually by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury as respects the services in Great Britain and by the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland as respects the services in Northern Ireland.

(3)

The net cost under paragraph (1) above of services in Northern Ireland shall, in relation to the net cost of the corresponding services in Great Britain, be determined subject to such adjustments, if any, as may be necessary to take account, from time to time, of any differences between methods of administration in Great Britain and in Northern Ireland.

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(1)

If in respect of any financial year the total net cost in Northern Ireland under article 1 of this Agreement is less than 2 per cent. of the total net cost in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, there shall be paid from the Exchequer of Northern Ireland to the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom a contribution equal to 90 per cent. of the amount by which the said net cost in Northern Ireland is less than the said 2 per cent.

(2)

If in respect of any financial year the total net cost in Northern Ireland under article 1 of this Agreement exceeds 2 per cent. of the total net cost in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, there shall be paid to the Exchequer of Northern Ireland out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom a contribution equal to 90 per cent. of the amount by which the said net cost in Northern Ireland exceeds the said 2 per cent.

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It is hereby agreed that, subject to such differences as may from time to time exist between the methods of administration in Great Britain and in Northern Ireland of the services covered by this Agreement, the Government of Northern Ireland undertakes to keep the scale and standard of comprehensive health services in Northern Ireland in general conformity with the scale and standard of such services in Great Britain, and to ensure that the rates of remuneration of persons employed in such services in Northern Ireland correspond as nearly as may be with the rates for such services obtaining in Great Britain.

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Payments on account of such contributions as may ultimately be found to be due under article 2 of this Agreement from the Exchequer of Northern Ireland or from the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom shall be made of such amounts and at such times as may be agreed between the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland.

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Any question arising under this Agreement, whether as to the amount of any adjustments necessary in the determination of net costs in Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the purposes of article 1 of this Agreement, or of any contribution payable under article 2, or otherwise, shall, in default of agreement between the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland, be determined by the Joint Exchequer Board, whose decision shall be final.

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This Agreement shall not come into operation until confirmed by Acts of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland respectively, but upon being so confirmed shall have effect as from 1st April 1971.

In Witness whereof Walter Clegg and Hector Monro two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury have hereunto set their hands and seals and the Official Seal of the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland has been hereunto affixed this 14th day of April 1971.

Signed Sealed and Delivered by Walter Clegg one of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury in the presence of:—Walter Clegg (L.S.)
Albert George Nicholson Civil Servant, House of Commons, London S.W.1.
Signed Sealed and Delivered by Hector Monro one of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury in the presence of:—Hector Monro (L.S)
Albert George Nicholson Civil Servant, House of Commons, London S.W.1
The Official Seal of the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland was hereunto affixed in the presence of:—H. V. Kirk (L.S.)
D. C. B. Holden Civil Servant, Ministry of Finance, Stormont, Belfast.

IOCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS SCHEMES

Section 21.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1970 c.9The Taxes Management Act 1970.In the Table in section 98(3) the entry (in each column) relating to section 224 of the Taxes Act, but not as regards any penalty incurred before this repeal takes effect.
1970 c.10The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.[See 1987edition for these repeals.]
1970 c.24The Finance Act 1970.

[The repeals of theTaxes Management Act 1970took effect on 6th April 1980.

IINEW METHOD OF CHARGING TAX

Section 37.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1970 c.9The Taxes Management Act 1970.In section 7(2), the words from “or in the case” to the end.
In section 8, subsections (5) and (6) and in subsection (8), the words from “which are required” to “standard rate” and the words “for either or both of those purposes.”
In section 12(1), the words “at the standard rate”.
In section 22, the words “for the purpose of charging surtax”.
In section 29, in subsections (4) and (7), the words “at the standard rate.”
In section 31(3)(a), the words “assessment to surtax, or any other”.
In section 33(2), the words from “including” to “surtax”.
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In section 77(1), the words “chargeable at the standard rate”.
In section 91(3), paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b), sub-paragraph (i).
1970 c.10The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.[See 1987edition for these repeals.]
1970 c.24The Finance Act 1970
1970 c.54The Income and Corporation Taxes (No.2) Act 1970.

These repeals have effect subject to section 38 of this Act.

IIIBETTERMENT LEVY

Section 55.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1970 c.9The Taxes Management Act 1970.Section 57(2).
1970 c.10The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.
Section 269(2).
1970 c.24The Finance Act 1970.In section 29, in subsection (2)(b) the words from “including” to “Act”, and in subsection (3) paragraphs (b) and (c).
In Schedule 6, Part I; and in paragraph 4(1) the words from “but without prejudice” to the end.

These repeals have effect subject to section 55(2) of this Act.

IVCASE VII

Section 56.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1970 c.9The Taxes Management Act 1970.Section 9(5).
In section 98, in Table I, the words “section 167(4)”.
1970 c.10The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.
In section 270, subsections (1) and (2).
In section 271, subsections (1) to (3).
1970 c.24The Finance Act 1970.

These repeals have effect subject to section 56(4) of this Act.

VII

[See 1987edition for these provisions.]