Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 720
VALUE ADDED TAX
The Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) (Amendment) Order 2024
Made
28th May 2024
Laid before the House of Commons
29th May 2024
Coming into force
8th July 2024
The Treasury make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33A(9) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 8th July 2024.
Amendment of the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) Order 2001
2. The Schedule to the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) Order 2001( 2 ) is amended as set out in articles 3 to 6.
Omission of bodies
3. —(1) In column 1, omit the entries for the following bodies—
(a) Cumbernauld Museum;
(b) The Fergusson Gallery;
(c) Kilsyth Heritage;
(d) North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre;
(e) The Royal Academy of Music;
(f) Shotts Heritage Centre;
(g) Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life; and
(h) University of Nottingham.
(2) In column 2, opposite each of the bodies omitted by paragraph (1), omit the entries for any relevant museums or galleries( 3 ) relating to that body including, where applicable, the words in brackets.
(3) In column 3, opposite each of the entries for the relevant museums and galleries omitted by paragraph (2), omit the date.
Omission of relevant museums and galleries
4. —(1) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for Design Dundee Ltd—
(a) omit the entry—
“ V & A Dundee
University of Abertay Dundee
Kydd Building
Bell Street
Dundee DD1 1HG ” ; and
(b) omit the entry—
“ V & A Dundee
Earl Grey Place
Dundee DD1 4DF ” .
(2) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for University of Reading, omit the entry—
“ Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
University of Reading
Room 38
HUMUSS Building
Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AH ” .
(3) In column 3, opposite each of the entries omitted by paragraphs (1) and (2), omit the date.
Amendments to the Schedule
5. —(1) In columns 1 and 2, for “Perth Museum and Art Gallery” substitute “Perth Art Gallery” .
(2) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for Design Dundee Ltd, for the entry beginning with “V & A Dundee” and ending with “Dundee DD1 4HN” substitute—
“ V&A Dundee
1 Riverside Esplanade
Dundee DD1 4EZ ” .
(3) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for Elgin Museum, for “IV36 2HL” substitute “IV30 1EQ” .
(4) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for Royal Armouries, for the entry beginning with “Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson” and ending with “Hants PO17 6AD” substitute—
“ Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson
Portsdown Hill Road
Fareham PO17 6AN ” .
(5) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for The Royal College of Surgeons of England, for “35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields” substitute “38-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields” .
(6) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for Science Museum Group, below the text “York YO26 4XJ”, for the entry beginning with “Science Museum” and ending with “Wilts SN4 9NS” substitute—
“ National Collections Centre
Red Barn Lane
Wroughton SN4 9LT ” .
(7) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for University of Leicester, for the entry relating to that body substitute—
“ Attenborough Arts Centre
University of Leicester
Lancaster Road
Leicester LE1 7HA ” .
(8) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for University of Liverpool, for the entry relating to that body substitute—
“ The Victoria Gallery and Museum
Ashton Street
Liverpool L69 3DR ” .
(9) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for University of Newcastle upon Tyne, for “Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4JA” substitute—
“ Kings Road
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU ” .
(10) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for Victoria and Albert Museum, for “Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood” substitute “Young V&A” .
(11) In column 2, opposite the entry in column 1 for Yorkshire Sculpture Park—
(a) for “Yorkshire Sculpture Park” substitute—
“ The Weston Centre Gallery
Yorkshire Sculpture Park ” ; and
(b) omit the words in brackets.
Insertion of new bodies
6. At the end of the Schedule, in the appropriate column corresponding to the column headings below, insert the following entries—
Column 1 Body | Column 2 Relevant museums and galleries | Column 3 Later date to be substituted for 1st April 2001 |
---|---|---|
“Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum | Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum Moodie Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7PL | 13th March 2023 |
Bethlem Museum of the Mind | Bethlem Museum of the Mind Monks Orchard Road Beckenham BR3 3BX | 1st April 2023 |
Durham University | Museum of Archeology Durham University Palace Green Library Palace Green Durham DH1 3RN | 1st March 2023 |
Oriental Museum Durham University Elvet Hill Durham DH1 3TH | 1st March 2023 | |
East Grinstead Museum | East Grinstead Museum Old Market Yard Cantelupe Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3BJ | 1st March 2023 |
Fulham Palace | Fulham Palace Bishop’s Avenue London SW6 6EA | 1st January 2023 |
Glasgow Life | Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) Royal Exchange Square Glasgow G1 3AH | 1st March 2023 |
Kelvingrove Art Gallery Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8AG | 1st March 2023 | |
Provand’s Lordship Castle Street Glasgow G4 0RB | 8th July 2024 | |
Riverside Museum 100 Pointhouse Place Glasgow G3 8RS | 1st March 2023 | |
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art Castle Street Glasgow G4 0HR | 1st March 2023 | |
The Burrell Collection Pollok Country Park 2060 Pollokshaws Road Bellahouston Glasgow G43 1AT | 1st March 2023 | |
Hertford Museum | Hertford Museum 18 Bull Plain Hertford SG14 1DT | 1st March 2023 |
Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation | The Museum at One Garden City Broadway Letchworth Garden City SG6 3BF | 1st March 2023 |
Museum of Richmond | Museum of Richmond Second Floor Old Town Hall Whittaker Avenue Richmond TW9 1TP | 8th July 2024 |
Museum of The Royal Regiment of Scotland | Museum of The Royal Regiment of Scotland The Castle Edinburgh EH1 2NG | 1st March 2023 |
National Paralympic Heritage Centre | National Paralympic Heritage Centre Stoke Mandeville Stadium Guttmann Road Stoke Mandeville HP21 9PP | 9th July 2020 |
New Forest Heritage Centre | New Forest Heritage Centre Lyndhurst Hampshire SO43 7NY | 9th July 2020 |
Royal College of Physicians Museum | Royal College of Physicians Museum 11 St. Andrews Place Regents Park London NW1 4LE | 1st March 2023 |
Royal Logistic Corps Museum | Royal Logistic Corps Museum Connaught Road Worthy Down Winchester SO21 2RG | 8th July 2024 |
Shaftesbury Abbey Museum | Shaftesbury Abbey Museum Park Walk Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8JR | 1st March 2023 |
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society | The Museum of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society Broad Street Spalding PE11 1TB | 1st March 2023 |
St John Ambulance | Museum of the Order of St John St John’s Gate St John’s Lane Clerkenwell London EC1M 4DA | 8th July 2024 |
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum | The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum The Castle Edinburgh EH1 2YT | 1st January 2021 |
Worcestershire Soldier Gallery Mercian Regiment Museum (Worcestershire) | Worcestershire Soldier Gallery Worcestershire City Art Gallery and Museum Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DT | 8th July 2024” |
Amanda Milling
Amanda Solloway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
28th May 2024
1994 c. 23 . Section 33A was inserted by Section 98 of the Finance Act 2001 (c. 9) and amended by paragraph 33 of Schedule 39 to the Finance Act 2008 (c. 9) and paragraph 32 of Schedule 8 to the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22) .
S.I. 2001/2879 , amended by S.I. 2004/1709 , 2005/1993 , 2008/1339 , 2010/608 , 2012/2731 , 2014/2858 , 2016/235 , 2017/905 and 2020/1167 .
A “relevant museum or gallery” is one that is specified by the Treasury in an order made under Section 33A(9) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994.