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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-act-1994/schedule-8/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-act-1994/schedule-8/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/23",
  "legislation_title": "Value Added Tax Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Meaning of “use for a relevant charitable purpose”",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Group a building is used “for a relevant charitable purpose” if it is used by a charity—\n(a) otherwise than in the course or furtherance of a business, or\n(b) as a village hall or similarly in providing social or recreational facilities for a local community.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. 2 Group 9 item 1 substituted (6.4.2013) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 26 paras. 4(2), 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. 2 Group 23 Notes paras. 4, 5 and cross-headings inserted (1.2.2024) by The Value Added Tax (Installation of Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/24), arts. 1(2), 3(4)"
    }
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    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/7",
      "affecting_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012"
    },
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      "type": "words repealed",
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      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/7",
      "affecting_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2019/73",
      "affecting_title": "The Value Added Tax (Tour Operators) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/23/schedule/8/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:58.510022+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."
}