Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1487
Aggregates Levy
The Aggregates Levy (Registration and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Made
9th July 2015
Laid before the House of Commons
9th July 2015
Coming into force
1st August 2015
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Aggregates Levy (Registration and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st August 2015.
2. The Aggregates Levy (Registration and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001( 3 ) are amended as follows.
3. —(1) For regulation 3(2) substitute—
“ (2) For the purposes of this regulation, a “relevant taxable activity” is the commercial exploitation of aggregate which is exempt under section 17(3)(b), (c), (d), (da), (e) or (f) or section 17(4)(a), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of the Act. ” .
(2) After regulation 3(2) insert—
“ (3) Where at least one of the relevant taxable activities which such a person carries out is the commercial exploitation of aggregate which is exempt under section 17(3)(e) or (f) or section 17(4)(a) of the Act or clay (exempt under section 17(4)(f) of the Act), that person shall notify the Commissioners (notification under paragraph 1(1A) of Schedule 4 to the Act) of this fact in writing in such a manner and providing such information as may be directed by the Commissioners or stipulated by them in a published notice.
(4) A person who has notified the Commissioners under paragraph (3) above shall also notify them of any change in circumstance in writing in such a manner and providing such information as may be directed by the Commissioners or stipulated by them in a published notice. ” .
Edward Troup
Jim Harra
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
9th July 2015
Section 48(1) of the Finance Act 2001 (c. 9) defines “the Commissioners” as those of Customs and Excise for the purposes of Part 2 of that Act and “prescribed” as meaning prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioners under that Part. The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) . Section 50(1) of the latter Act provides that a reference to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall be taken as a reference in any enactment to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
2001 c. 9 . Section 24(4) came into force on 11th January 2002 (article 3 of S. I. 2001/4033 (C. 129) ); paragraph (da) of section 17(3) was inserted by section 22(3) of the Finance Act 2007 (c. 11) .
S.I. 2001/4027 , amended by S.I. 2003/465 , S.I. 2007/2168 , S.I. 2014/836 .