1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Cars) (Amendment) Order 2002 and comes into force on 1st July 2002.

(2) This Order shall not have effect where the taxable person took possession of the motor car pursuant to—

(a) an assignment which is an article 5 transaction solely by virtue of article 5(4) of the Value Added Tax (Special Provisions) Order 1995( 2 ) or a corresponding provision made under the Manx Act; or

(b) a transaction forming part of a succession of two or more article 5 transactions, at least one of which was such an assignment,

if the assignment or, where there is a succession of transactions comprising two or more assignments, any of the assignments takes effect before 1st July 2002.

(3) In this article—

“article 5 transaction” means a transaction which is treated as being neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services by virtue of a provision of article 5 of the Value Added Tax (Special Provisions) Order 1995 or a corresponding provision made under the Manx Act;

“the Manx Act” means the Value Added Tax Act 1996( 3 ).

2. Article 8 of the Value Added Tax (Cars) Order 1992( 4 ) is amended as follows—

(a) for sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of paragraph (2), substitute—

“ (c) a de-supplied transaction, other than an article 5 transaction;

(d) subject to paragraph (2A) below, an article 5 transaction. ” ;

(b) after paragraph (2), insert—

“ (2A) An article 5 transaction does not fall within sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (2) above unless the taxable person has a relevant predecessor in title. ” ;

(c) for paragraph (iii) of paragraph (5)(a), substitute—

“ (iii) (where the taxable person took possession of the motor car pursuant to a de-supplied transaction, other than an article 5 transaction) by taking the price he paid pursuant to the transaction;

(iv) (where the taxable person took possession of the motor car pursuant to an article 5 transaction) by taking the price at which his relevant predecessor in title obtained the motor car; ” ;

(d) omit sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (5); and

(e) after paragraph (7) add—

“ (8) For the purposes of this article—

“article 5 transaction” means a transaction which is a de-supplied transaction by virtue of a provision of article 5 of the Value Added Tax (Special Provisions) Order 1995 ( 5 ) or a corresponding provision made under the Manx Act ( 6 ) ;

“de-supplied transaction” means a transaction which was treated by virtue of any Order made or having effect as if made under section 5(3) of the Act or under the corresponding provisions of the Manx Act as being neither a supply or goods nor a supply of services.

(9) For the purposes of this article a person is a relevant predecessor in title of a taxable person if—

(a) he is the person from whom the taxable person took possession of the motor car and himself took possession of it pursuant to a transaction within any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of sub-paragraph (2) above; or

(b) where the motor car has been the subject of a succession of two or more article 5 transactions (culminating in the article 5 transaction to which the taxable person was a party), he was a party to one of those transactions and himself took possession of the motor car pursuant to a transaction within any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of sub-paragraph (2) above. ” .