2015 No. 110 (C. 23)

Taxes

The Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 260(2) of the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 20141.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.

Day appointed2

1

Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014, insofar as not already in force, is 1st April 2015.

2

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 41 of that Act (procedural steps where judicial review petition remitted to the Upper Tax Tribunal for Scotland) is the day on which section 89 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (judicial review)2 comes into force.

JOHN SWINNEYA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the remaining provisions of the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 on 1st April 2015, including the constitution on that date of the Scottish Tax Tribunals. Section 41 (procedural steps where judicial review petition remitted to the Upper Tax Tribunal for Scotland) will come into force on a later date when section 89 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (judicial review) comes into force.

The Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014 received Royal Assent on 24th September 2014. Sections 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 260 and 261 of, and paragraphs 9(12) and 10(14) of schedule 4 to, that Act came into force on 25th September 2014.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.S.I.No.

Section 1

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 2 and schedule 1

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 3

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 4

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 5

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 6

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 7

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 8

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 9

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 10

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 11

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 12

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 13

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 14

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 15

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 16

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 17

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 18

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 19

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 22

24th February 2015

2015/18

Section 26(4) and paragraphs 2(3), 9, 22 and 32 of schedule 2 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 26(4) and paragraph 23 of schedule 2 (partially)

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 26(4) and paragraphs 1, 7, 10(2), 16 and 17 of schedule 2 (partially)

24th February 2015

2015/18

Section 32

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 33

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 39(1) (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 45(2) (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 46 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 47 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 48 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 50

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 51

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 52

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 53

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 54

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 55

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 56

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 74 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 81

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 92 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 94 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 111 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 114 and paragraphs 3 and 15 of schedule 3 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 138 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 142 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 158 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 209

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 210

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 211

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 212

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 213 (excluding subsection (5))

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 214 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 215

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 217 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 220 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 222

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 233 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 234 (excluding subsection (4)(b)) (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 235 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 236 (excluding subsection (2)(b)) (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 237 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 238 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 239 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 240 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 245 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 249 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 250 (partially)

16th February 2015

2015/18

Section 251

1st January 2015

2014/370

Section 256 and paragraphs 9(1), (6), (8), (9), (15), (16)(a) and (c), (18), (19) and (22)(a)(i) and 10(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (11), (12), (17) and (18)(a) of schedule 4 (partially)

7th November 2014

2014/278

Section 256 and paragraphs 2 to 8, 9(13), (17) and 21(b) and (c), 10(15) and (19) and 12 of schedule 4 (partially)

1st January 2015

2014/370