Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 1935
VALUE ADDED TAX
The Value Added Tax (Acquisitions) Relief Order 2002
Made
25th July 2002
Laid before the House of Commons
25th July 2002
Coming into force
15th August 2002
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 36A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Acquisitions) Relief Order 2002 and comes into force on 15th August 2002.
2. Subject to article 3 below, NI acquisition VAT, as defined in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 9ZA to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, shall not be charged on the acquisition in Northern Ireland of goods from a member State where, if they were imported from a place outside the member States, relief from payment of VAT would be given by the Value Added Tax (Imported Goods) Relief Order 1984( 2 ) (as amended from time to time).
3. The relief given by this Order in respect of the acquisition of any goods shall be subject to the same conditions as those to which, by virtue of the Value Added Tax (Imported Goods) Relief Order 1984 (as amended from time to time), relief under that Order would be subject in the case of an importation of those goods.
Jim Fitzpatrick
Ian Pearson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
25th July 2002
1994 c. 23 ; section 36A was inserted by section 25 of the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23) .