PART 1Preliminary

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy Regulations 2018 and come into force on 6th April 2018.

Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • “account” means an account described in regulation 23;

  • “accounting period” has the meaning given by regulation 19;

  • “case” means, in relation to a claim for tax credits, a case described in regulation 15;

  • “liable person” means a person described in section 35 who is liable to pay soft drinks industry levy;

  • “prescribed” means prescribed by the Commissioners in a published notice, and “prescribe” is to be construed accordingly;

  • “reprocessed” means the removal of chargeable soft drink from its packaging and its use for the purposes of the production of other soft drinks;

  • “return” means a return described in regulation 21;

  • “sufficient evidence” has the meaning given by regulation 17.

2

In these Regulations, a reference to a “section”, “Part” or “Schedule” without more is a reference to a section or Part of, or Schedule to, the Finance Act 2017.