Consultation
10.The work produced by the project has also been subject to public consultation. This has allowed all interested parties an opportunity to comment on draft sections. This consultation is undertaken first through a series of Exposure Drafts which publish sections in draft. The relevant ones for this Act are numbers 3, 5, 7 and 9. They were published in October 1998, April 1999, July 1999 and February 2000 respectively. A draft Act was published for a further consultation in August 2000. Those who responded to one or more of these documents include:
Alliance & Leicester plc
Association of British Insurers
Canary Wharf Ltd
Brian Chapman
Chartered Institute of Taxation
City of London Law Society
Confederation of British Industry
Construction Industry Joint Taxation Committee
Consumers’ Association
Ernst & Young
Federation of Small Businesses
Daron H Gunson
Holborn Law Society
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
Institute of Directors
Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management
Investment and Tax Publishing Services
John Jeffrey-Cook
Kpmg
Law Society of England and Wales
London Society of Chartered Accountants
National Farmers Union
Oil Taxation Action Committee
Special Committee of Tax Law Consultative Bodies
United Kingdom Oil Industry Tax Committee
Yorkshire Water plc
Note: this table excludes those who asked that their responses be treated in confidence.
