Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 996
Exiting The European Union
Recovery Of Taxes
The MARD (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Made
15th September 2020
Laid before the House of Commons
16th September 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 of the Finance Act 2011( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the MARD (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and come into force on IP completion day( 2 ).
Amendment of the Finance Act 2011
2. —(1)Schedule 25 to the Finance Act 2011 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 3(2), after the words “applicant authority”, insert “of the United Kingdom or”.
(3) In paragraph 6(1), for “another” substitute “a”.
(4) In paragraph 14, for “another” substitute “a”.
Amendment of the MARD Regulations 2011
3. —(1) The MARD Regulations 2011( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1—
(a) at the end of paragraph (2), insert “, except where otherwise indicated”, and
(b) at the end, insert—
“ (5) Obligations imposed by these Regulations on a relevant UK authority by virtue of a request for assistance relating to a claim in respect of which MARD is made applicable between member States and the United Kingdom by virtue of Article 100 of the withdrawal agreement expire at the end of the period for which MARD is made so applicable by Article 100 of the withdrawal agreement.
(6) In these Regulations—
“Member State” has the same meaning as it has in MARD, as modified by Article 7(1) of the withdrawal agreement;
“withdrawal agreement” has the meaning given to it by section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. ”
Micheal Tomlinson
Rebecca Harris
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
15th September 2020
“IP completion day” is defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) as having the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) (see section 39(1) to (5) of that Act). The definition of IP completion day was inserted by paragraph 12 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.