Part 3Administration

Adjustment of contracts

I127Adjustment of contracts

1

This section applies where—

a

material undergoes a landfill disposal,

b

a payment falls to be made under a disposal contract relating to the material, and

c

after the making of the contract there is a change in the tax chargeable on the landfill disposal.

2

In such a case, the amount of any payment mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is to be adjusted, unless the disposal contract otherwise provides, so as to reflect the tax chargeable on the landfill disposal.

3

For the purposes of this section a disposal contract relating to material is a contract providing for the disposal of the material, and it is immaterial—

a

when the contract was made,

b

whether the contract also provides for other matters,

c

whether the contract provides for a method of disposal and (if it does) what method it provides for.

4

The reference in subsection (1) to a change in the tax chargeable is a reference to a change—

a

to or from no tax being chargeable, or

b

in the amount of tax chargeable.