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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1978",
  "legislation_title": "The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Value Added Tax\nMade 7th December 2015\nLaid before the House of Commons 9th December 2015\nComing into force 1st January 2016\nThe Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 26(1), (3) and (4) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c.23 (“the Act”). Section 96(1) of the Act defines “the Commissioners” to mean “the Commissioners of Customs and Excise” and “regulations” as meaning regulations made by the Commissioners under the Act. The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11), section 50(1) of which provides that a reference to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall be taken as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Section 26(4) of the Act was amended by section 19 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to, the Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c.33)."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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