# The Value Added Tax Tribunals (Amendment) Rules 2003 S.I. 2003/2757 · made 28 October 2003 These Rules make amendments to the Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 (S.I. 1986/590) consequential upon section 36 of the Finance Act 2003, which provides for appeals to the Value Added Tax and Duties Tribunals in relation to civil penalties under Part 3 of the Finance Act 2003, for evasion of relevant taxes or duties (under section 25 of the Act) and contravention of relevant rules (under section 26). Made under: Value Added Tax Act 1994 (Schedule 12 paragraph 9); Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-tribunals-amendment-rules-2003/pdf/uksi_20032757_en.pdf ## Introductory text VALUE ADDED TAX Made 28th October 2003 Laid before Parliament 4th November 2003 Coming into force 1st December 2003 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 9 of Schedule 12 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, after consultation with the Scottish Ministers and with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, makes the following Rules: ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) These Rules may be cited as the Value Added Tax Tribunals (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 1st December 2003. (2) In these Rules a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986. ## 2 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 In rule 2 (definitions)— (a) after the definition of “the 2001 Act” insert— “the 2003 Act” means the Finance Act 2003; (b) in the definition of “appellant”, after “2001 Act” insert “or section 36 of the 2003 Act”; (c) in the definition of “evasion penalty appeal”, after “2001 Act” insert “, or section 25 or 28 of the 2003 Act,”; (d) in the definition of “mitigation appeal”, after “2001 Act” insert “or section 29 of the 2003 Act”; (e) in the definition of “reasonable excuse appeal”— (i) for “section 10(4)” substitute “section 10(1); (ii) after “2001 Act” insert “or section 27 of the 2003 Act”. ## 3 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 In rule 4(3) (time for appealing), for “or section 40(8) of the 2001 Act” substitute “section 40(8) of the 2001 Act or section 35(4) of the 2003 Act”. ## 4 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 In rule 7(1)(a) (statement of case etc), after “making of the penalty assessment” insert “or, as the case may be, the ascertainment of the penalty” and after “making of the assessment for” insert “, or, as the case may be, the ascertainment of,”. ## 5 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 In rule 8 (statement of case etc), after “is assessed” insert “or, as the case may be, demanded”. ## 6 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 In rule 8A (further provisions about statement of case)— (a) after “with respect to an assessment” insert “or a demand notice (as defined by section 30(1) of the 2003 Act)”; (b) after “specified in the assessment” insert “or, as the case may be, demand notice”. ## 7 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 In rule 19(3A) (power of tribunal to extend time and give directions), after “2001 Act” insert “or section 28 of the 2003 Act”. ## 8 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 In rule 20(1A), after “2001 Act” insert “or section 33 of the 2003 Act”. ## 9 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 (1) In rule 29(1)(b) (award and direction as to costs), for “taxed by a Taxing Master of the Supreme Court or a district judge of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales or by” substitute “assessed by a Taxing Master of the Supreme Court or a district judge of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales by way of detailed assessment or taxed”. (2) In rule 29(2), for “Order 62 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965” substitute “Part 47 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and any practice directions supplementing that Part”. ## 10 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 (1) In rule 31(1), after “facsimile transmission process” insert “or telex or other means of electronic communication which produces a text of the document, in which event the document shall be regarded as sent when the text of it is received in legible form”. (2) For rule 31(2) substitute— “(2) Any notice of appeal, notice of application or other document (including a facsimile of a document received by facsimile transmission process or telex or other means of electronic communication which produces a text of the document) may be— (a) sent by post in a letter addressed to a proper officer at the appropriate tribunal centre; or (b) handed back to the person from whom it was received; or (c) sent by post in a letter addressed to the person from whom it appears to have been received or by whom it appears to have been sent; or (d) if a facsimile of a document is received by facsimile transmission process or telex or other means of electronic communication which produces a text of the document, sent by the means by which it was received, either to a proper officer at the appropriate tribunal centre or to the person from whom it appears to have been received or by whom it appears to have been sent.”. ## 11 Amendments to Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 In rule 32(4), after “facsimile transmission process” insert “or telex or other means of electronic communication which produces a text of the document, in which event the document shall be regarded as sent when the text of it is received in legible form”. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Lord Filkin Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 28th October 2003 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Rules) These Rules make amendments to the Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 (S.I. 1986/590) consequential upon section 36 of the Finance Act 2003, which provides for appeals to the Value Added Tax and Duties Tribunals in relation to civil penalties under Part 3 of the Finance Act 2003, for evasion of relevant taxes or duties (under section 25 of the Act) and contravention of relevant rules (under section 26). They also make minor amendments relating to the assessment of costs and the electronic service of documents. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2757 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-tribunals-amendment-rules-2003 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.