Paragraph 44: Appeal against withdrawal of approval etc.
3355.This paragraph derives from paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to ICTA.
3356.As in the case of paragraph 41, sub-paragraph (2) provides that the scheme organiser may appeal to the Special Commissioners, as opposed to requiring the Special Commissioners to “hear and determine the matter in like manner as an appeal”. See Change 171 in Annex 1.
3357.The change to a straightforward appeal procedure is intended to simplify matters. Section 48(2) of TMA 1970 provides that various provisions of that Act, as regards proceedings before the Commissioners, apply to “appeals other than appeals against assessments” and to “proceedings…to be heard and determined in the same way as an appeal”. For the purposes of this paragraph of Schedule 3, there is therefore no real difference in law or practice between provisions that refer to an appeal and those that refer to proceedings where the Special Commissioners shall “hear and determine the matter in like manner as an appeal”.
3358.The contents of paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 9 to ICTA have not been reproduced. This provision refers to the situation where the Board approved a SAYE scheme subject to a condition and considers that the condition has not been met. There is no longer any reference in the legislation to a conditional approval and no practical experience of paragraph 5(b) operating.
