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Statutory Instruments
VALUE ADDED TAX
Made
19th November 1999
Laid before the House of Commons
22nd November 1999
Coming into force
1st January 2000
1. This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Importation of Investment Gold) Relief Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000.
2. In this Order–
“Investment gold” has the same meaning as in Group 15 of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
3. VAT shall not be chargeable on the importation of investment gold from places outside the member States.
Bob Ainsworth
David Jamieson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
19th November 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 1st January 2000, implements the exemption for importations of investment gold as required by Council Directive 98/80/EC, 12th October 1998—Special scheme for investment gold—amending Council Directive 77/388/EEC.
Article 2 defines investment gold as having the same meaning as in Group 15 of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
Article 3 relieves investment gold from VAT when it is imported into the United Kingdom from a place outside the member States.
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