Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2295
TAXES
TONNAGE TAX
The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
15th August 2005
Laid before the House of Commons
22nd August 2005
Coming into force
1st October 2005
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraphs 29, 31, and 36 of Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 2000 ( 1 ) hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st October 2005.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, “relevant four month period” means a period of four months commencing on 1st October, 1st February or 1st June.
Payments in lieu of training
3. —(1)The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) Regulations 2000( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 15(1)(b) (payments in lieu of training), for “£608” substitute “£621”.
(3) In regulation 21(4) (higher rate of payment in case of failure to meet training requirement), for “£553” substitute “£565”.
Application
4. These Regulations apply for the purpose of calculating the payments in lieu of training in respect of a relevant four month period falling on or after 1st October 2005.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Derek Twigg
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
15th August 2005