Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 633
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
The Interest on Repayments of Customs Duty (Applicable Period) Order 2000
Made
8th March 2000
Laid before the House of Commons
9th March 2000
Coming into force
1st April 2000
The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 127(9) of the Finance Act 1999( 1 ), hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Interest on Repayments of Customs Duty (Applicable Period) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
2. For subsection (3) of section 127 of the Finance Act 1999 there shall be substituted–
“ (3) Subject to section 128 below, in relation to any amount that carries interest under subsection (1) above, the applicable period for the purposes of this section is the period which–
(a) begins with the thirty-first working day after the making of the claim for repayment of that amount; and
(b) ends with the date on which the Commissioners issue the repayment of that amount, and in paragraph (a) above “working day” means any day other than a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 ( 2 ) . ”
A.R. Rawsthorne
Commissioners of Customs and Excise
New King’s Beam House,
22 Upper Ground,
London SE1 9PJ
8th March 2000
1882 c. 61 ; section 92 was amended by sections 3(1) and (3) and 4(4) of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80) .