Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2209
INCOME TAX
The Income Tax (Car Benefits) (Reduction of Value of Appropriate Percentage) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
4th August 2005
Laid before House of Commons
8th August 2005
Coming into force
6th April 2006
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 170(4) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003( 1 ) make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. β(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Car Benefits) (Reduction of Value of Appropriate Percentage) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.
(2) In these Regulations βthe Car Benefit Regulationsβ means the Income Tax (Car Benefits) (Reduction of Value of Appropriate Percentage) Regulations 2001( 2 ).
Amendment of the Car Benefit Regulations
2. β(1) The Car Benefit Regulations shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2)Regulation 3 (prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage β cars propelled solely by diesel) shall cease to have effect in respect of any car registered on or after 1st January 2006.
(3) In regulation 5 (prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage β hybrid cars capable of being propelled by electricity and petrol) for the words following βThe amount prescribed by this paragraph shall beβ substitute β3%β.
(4) In regulation 6 (prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage β cars propelled solely by road fuel gas and bi-fuel cars to which paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 applies) for the words following βThe amount prescribed by this paragraph shall beβ substitute β2%β.
(5) Omit regulation 7 (prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage β bi-fuel cars to which paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 does not apply).
Dave Watts
Vernon Coaker
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestyβs Treasury
4th August 2005