The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2006
S.I. 2006/1472 · Made 6 June 2006
VALUE ADDED TAX
Made 6th June 2006
Laid before the House of Commons 7th June 2006
Coming into force 1st July 2006
The Treasury makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 29A and 96(9) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994f1:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
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1994 c. 23; section 29A was inserted by section 99(4) of the Finance Act 2001 (c. 9).
Contents
- 1Article 1
- 2Article 2
- 3Article 3
- 4Article 4
- Signature
- Schedule: NEW GROUPS 8 AND 9 OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE VALUE ADDED TAX ACT 1994
- GROUP 8 — CONTRACEPTIVE PRODUCTSPart GROUP 8 — CONTRACEPTIVE PRODUCTS
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Meaning of “relevant exempt supplies”
- GROUP 9 — WELFARE ADVICE OR INFORMATIONPart GROUP 9 — WELFARE ADVICE OR INFORMATION
- 3Supplies not included in item 1
- Explanatory note
1
This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2006 and comes into force on 1st July 2006.
2
Schedule 7A to the Value Added Tax Act 1994f1 is amended as follows.
3
In Part 1—
after the entry for “Children’s car seats” insert—
“
Contraceptive products… Group 8 ”; and
after the entry for “Residential conversions” insert—
“
Welfare advice or information… Group 9 ”.
4
In Part 2, after Group 7 (residential renovations and alterations)f1 insert the Groups 8 and 9 set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Signature
Frank Roy
Dave Watts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th June 2006
GROUP 8 — CONTRACEPTIVE PRODUCTS
ITEM NO.
1
Supplies of contraceptive products, other than relevant exempt supplies.
NOTES:
2Meaning of “relevant exempt supplies”
In this Group “relevant exempt supplies” means supplies which fall within item 4 of Group 7 of Schedule 9 (exempt supplies of goods in any hospital etc. in connection with medical or surgical treatment etc.).
GROUP 9 — WELFARE ADVICE OR INFORMATION
ITEM NO.
3Supplies not included in item 1
Item 1 does not include—
supplies that would be exempt by virtue of Group 6 of Schedule 9 (education) if they were made by an eligible body within the meaning of that Group,
supplies of goods, unless the goods are supplied wholly or almost wholly for the purpose of conveying the advice or information, or
supplies of advice or information provided solely for the benefit of a particular individual or according to his personal circumstances.
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st July 2006, amends Schedule 7A to the Value Added Tax Act 1994. Part 2 of that Schedule contains the Groups of supplies of goods and services that are subject to the reduced rate of VAT of 5% and Part 1 of that Schedule contains the Index to those Groups.
Article 3 of the Order adds new Groups 8 (contraceptive products) and 9 (welfare advice or information) to the Index in Part 1 of Schedule 7A.
Article 4 and the Schedule to the Order add new Groups 8 and 9 to Part 2 of Schedule 7A. The new Group 8 extends the reduced rate to qualifying supplies of contraceptive products. Supplies which fall within item 4 of Group 7 (health and welfare) of Schedule 9 (exemptions) to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 are not included. “Contraceptive products” do not include products which are designed for the purpose of monitoring fertility.
The new Group 9 extends the reduced rate to supplies of welfare advice or information provided by a charity or a state-regulated welfare institution or agency. Notes 1 and 2 to Group 9 define “welfare advice or information” and “state-regulated”. The supplies described in Note 3 are excluded from the reduced rate.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that new Group 8 (contraceptive products) will have on the costs of business is available at www.hmrc.gov.uk. A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared in respect of new Group 9 (welfare advice or information) as it will only have a negligible impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies.