Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Taxes (Fees for Payment by Telephone) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 13th August 2008.

Fee payable for telephone payments by credit card

2. —(1) Since the Commissioners expect that they will be required to pay a fee in connection with amounts paid by using a credit card, a person who—

(a) makes a payment to the Commissioners or a person authorised by the Commissioners, and

(b) gives telephone authorisation to make the payment by credit card,

must also pay a fee of 0.91% of the payment.

(2) The fee must be paid by being added to the payment (so that, accordingly, the person must make a single overall payment, consisting of the payment and the fee).

(3) In these Regulations “credit card” means a card which—

(a) is a credit-token falling within section 14(1)(b) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974( 2 ), or

(b) would be a credit-token falling within that enactment were the card to be given to an individual.