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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-imported-goods-relief-amendment-order-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3222",
  "legislation_title": "The Value Added Tax (Imported Goods) Relief (Amendment) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-imported-goods-relief-amendment-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "VALUE ADDED TAX\nMade 6th December 1995\nLaid before the House of Commons 11th December 1995\nComing into force 1st January 1996\nWhereas Council Directive 83/181/EEC determining the scope of Article 14(1)(d) of Council Directive 77/388/EEC as regards exemption from VAT on final importation of certain goods, permitted exemptions on imports of certain goods of a total value not exceeding 22 ECU:\nWhereas Council Directive 88/331/EEC amended Council Directive 83/181/EEC so as to require exemption from VAT on final importation of certain goods of a total value not exceeding 10 ECU and to permit such exemption in respect of such goods of a total value exceeding 10 ECU but not exeeding 22 ECU:\nWhereas in conformity with Articles 22, 23 and 90 of Council Directive 83/181/EEC the Value Added Tax (Imported Goods) Relief Order 1984 made provision for relief from VAT on imports of certain goods of a total value not exceeding £15:\nWhereas it appears to the Treasury expedient that relief from VAT on imports of certain goods of a greater total value should be permitted:\nNow, therefore, the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 37(1) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L105, 23.4.83, p.38; relevant amending instrument is Council Directive 88/331/EEC (OJ No. L151, 17.6.88, p.79)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L145, 13.6.77, p.1, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L151, 17.6.88, p.79."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/746; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/155, 1988/2212, 1990/2548."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1994 c. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "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."
}