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Statutory Instruments
Excise
Made
3rd December 2012
Laid before Parliament
5th December 2012
Coming into force
for the purposes of regulation 4
1st April 2013
for all other purposes
1st January 2013
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Aircraft Operators (Accounts and Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force—
(a)for the purposes of regulation 4 on 1st April 2013; and
(b)for all other purposes on 1st January 2013.
2. Amend the Aircraft Operators (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1994(3) as follows.
3. In paragraph (e) of Schedule 1 (particulars of an air passenger duty account)—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) delete “and”;
(b)after sub-paragraph (iv) insert—
“(v)chargeable at the rates set in accordance with section 30A(3)(a) and (b)(4) of the Act;
(vi)chargeable at the rates set in accordance with section 30A(4)(a) and (b) of the Act; and
(vii)chargeable at the rates set in accordance with section 30A(5)(a) and (b) of the Act;”.
4. In paragraph (e) of Schedule 1—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (vi) (as inserted by regulation 3) delete “and”;
(b)after sub-paragraph (vii) (as inserted by regulation 3) insert—
“(viii)chargeable at the rates set in accordance with section 30(4E)(a) to (d)(5) of the Act; and
(ix)chargeable at the rates set in accordance with 30A(5A)(a) to (c)(6) of the Act;”.
Simon Bowles
Nick Lodge
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
3rd December 2012
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Aircraft Operators (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1994.
Regulations 3 and 4 amend the particulars that must be contained in an Air Passenger Duty Account maintained by aircraft operators of the number of passengers carried in each accounting period at each rate of duty. The amendments are required following the devolution of the power to set direct long haul rates for air passenger duty to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the Finance Act 2012, and the introduction of a new higher rate of Air Passenger Duty to be applied to certain aircraft from 1st April 2013.
A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on 21st February 2012 alongside a draft clause of the Finance Bill 2012 and is available on the HMRC website at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/tiin/apd-ni-devolution.pdf. It remains an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument.
1979 c. 2; section 1(1) of the Act (as amended by paragraph 22(b) of Schedule 4 to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11)) defines “the Commissioners” as the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Section 118A was inserted by Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1991 (c. 31).
S.I. 1994/1737; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/837 and 2009/2051.
Section 30A of the Finance Act 1994 was inserted by paragraph 9 of Schedule 23 to the Finance Act 2012 (c. 14 ).
Section 30(4E) was inserted by paragraph 20 of Schedule 23 to the Finance Act 2012.
Section 30A(5A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 23 to the Finance Act 2012.
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