Finance Act 1982

Section 139(6).

Schedule 19 U.K. Supplementary Provisions Relating to APRT

Part I U.K. Collection of Tax

Payment of tax U.K.

1 (1) APRT which a participator is liable to pay in respect of any chargeable period for an oilfield shall be due on the date on which the return for that period and that field is made by the participator in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act or, if a return is not so made, on the last day of the second month following that period ; and APRT which is due shall be payable without the making of an assessment. U.K.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, every participator in an oil field shall, at the time when he delivers to the Board the return for a chargeable period required by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act—

(a) deliver to the Board a statement showing whether any, and if so what, amount of APRT is payable by him for that chargeable period in respect of the field; and

(b) subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, pay to the Board the amount of APRT, if any, shown in the statement.

(3) In relation to any oil field, sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply with respect to any chargeable period after the last of the . . . F1 chargeable periods referred to in section 139(1)(b) of this Act.

(4) The statement under sub-paragraph (2)(a) above shall in such form as the Board may prescribe.

(5) Paragraphs 3, 8 and 9 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act shall apply in relation to statements required to be made under this paragraph as they apply in relation to returns required to be made under paragraph 2 of that Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word repealed by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28), ss. 35(3)(c), 48(5), Schs. 7 para. 1 and Sch. 10 Part III

2 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, if for any chargeable period for an oil field ending on or after 30th June 1983— U.K.

(a) an amount of APRT is shown to be payable by the participator in the statement delivered by him in accordance with paragraph 1 above in respect of that period and that field; or

(b) an amount is payable by the participator on account of petroleum revenue tax in accordance with section 1 of the M1 Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 in respect of that period and that field; or

(c) both such amounts are so payable by the participator,

then the participator shall pay to the Board six monthly instalments commencing in the second month of the next chargeable period each equal to one-eighth of the amount referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above or, where paragraph (c) applies, of the aggregate of those amounts.

(2) With respect to [F2 any chargeable period ending on or after 31st December 1984] sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect as if—

(a) for paragraphs (a) to (c) there were substituted the words “ an amount of tax is shown to be payable in the statement delivered in respect of that period in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 ”; and

(b) for the words from “the amount referred to in paragraph (a)” onwards there shall be substituted the words “ that amount ”.

(3) Instalments paid in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above shall be regarded as being paid in respect of the next chargeable period referred to in that sub-paragraph.

(4) The aggregate amount paid by a participator in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above in respect of a chargeable period for an oil field—

(a) to the extent that it is equal to or less than his liability, if any, to pay an amount of APRT under paragraph 1 above in respect of that oil field for that chargeable period shall be deemed to be an amount of APRT paid by him in respect of that field for that period; and

(b) to the extent that it exceeds any such liability of his to pay an amount of APRT and is equal to or less than his liability, if any, to pay an amount in respect of that field for that period in accordance with paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 1 of the M2 Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 (payments on account of petroleum revenue tax), shall be deemed to be an amount paid by him under that paragraph.

[F3 (4A) In sub-paragraph (1) the reference to any chargeable period for an oil field ending on or after 30th June 1983 does not include a chargeable period ending on 31st December 2015.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words substituted by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28), s. 35 and Sch. 7 para. 2

F3 Sch. 19 para. 2(4A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 140(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 140(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 1980 c. 1.

M2 1980 c. 1.

3 (1) [F4 Subject to paragraph (1A) below] If in any month [F5 (the relevant month)] a participator in an oil field— U.K.

(a) has not delivered (otherwise than to the [F6 OGA] ) any of the oil which has been one from the field and disposed of by him at any time in or before that month; and

(b) has not relevantly appropriated any of the oil which has been so won by him at any such time,

he shall be entitled to withhold the instalment due, under paragraph 2 above, for that field in the following month.

[F7 (1A) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply if the relevant month is a month in which any consideration (whether in the nature of income or capital) is received or receivable by the participator in respect of any such matter as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 6(2) of the M3 Oil Taxation Act 1983 (chargeable tariff receipts).]

(2) An instalment shall not be withheld by virtue of the conditions in sub-paragraph (1) above being fulfilled in any month unless a notice to that effect, in such form as the Board may prescribe, is given to the Board before the end of the following month and—

(a) where the Board are not satisfied with any such notice, the powers conferred by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act (production of accounts etc.) shall be exercisable as if the notice were a return under paragraph 2 of that Schedule; and

(b) paragraph 8 of that Schedule (penalties) shall apply to an incorrect notice as it applies to an incorrect return under paragraph 2.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 19 para. 3(1) inserted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 99(2) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 99(1)(a)

F5 Words in Sch. 19 para. 3(1) inserted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 99(2) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 99(1)(a)

F6 Word in Sch. 19 para. 3(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2016) by The Petroleum (Transfer of Functions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/898), regs. 1(2), 6(3)

F7 Sch. 19 para. 3(1A) inserted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 99(2) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 99(1)(b)

Marginal Citations

M3 1983 c.56.

4 U.K. Certificates of tax deposit issued by the Treasury under section 12 of the M4 National Loans Act 1968 on terms published on or before 14 th May 1979 may be used for making payments of APRT and of instalments under paragraph 2 above ; and for that purpose those terms shall have effect with the necessary modifications and as if the tax in or towards the payment of which a certificate is used were due—

(a) in the case of APRT payable under paragraph 1 above, two months after the end of the chargeable period to which it relates;

(b) in the case of an instalment payable under paragraph 2 above, at the end of the month in which the instalment is required to be paid.

Marginal Citations

M4 1968 c. 13.

Assessments and appeals U.K.

5 (1) Where it appears to the Board that any APRT payable in accordance with paragraph 1 above has not been paid on the due date they may make an assessment to tax on the participator and shall give him notice of any such assessment. U.K.

(2) APRT due under an assessment under this paragraph shall be due within thirty days of the issue of the notice of assessment.

(3) A notice of assessment shall state that the participator may appeal against the assessment in accordance with paragraph 7 below.

(4) After the service of a notice of assessment the assessment shall not be altered except in accordance with the express provisions of this Part of this Schedule or any of the provisions of the M5 Taxes Management Act 1970 which apply by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act in relation to the assessment.

Marginal Citations

M5 1970 c. 9.

6 (1) Where it appears to the Board that any gross profit charged to tax on a participator for any chargeable period in respect of an oil field by an assessment under paragraph 5 above ought to have been larger or smaller or that no gross profit accrued to the participator from that oil field during that chargeable period, they may make such amendments to the assessment or withdraw the assessment, as the case may require. U.K.

(2) Where the Board amend an assessment under sub-paragraph (1) above they shall give notice to the participator of the amendment ; and sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) of paragraph 5 above shall apply in relation to a notice of assessment under paragraph 5.

7 (1) A participator may appeal F8 ... against an assessment or amendment of an assessment under paragraph 5 or paragraph 6 above by notice of appeal in writing to the Board given within thirty days of the date of issue of the notice of the assessment or amendment of assessment. U.K.

(2) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (11) of paragraph 14 of [F9 and paragraphs 14A to 14I of] Schedule 2 to the principal Act shall apply in relation to an appeal under this paragraph as they apply in relation to an appeal under sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph except that—

(a) for each reference in [F10 paragraph 14(3)] to tax there shall be substituted a reference to APRT;

(b) where in determining the gross profit accruing to a participator from a field in a chargeable period the aggregate of the amounts mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (5) of section 2 of the principal Act falls to be increased under section 140 of this Act (whether as respects all oil or as respects a prticular kind or kinds of oil), the difference mentioned in [F11 paragraph 14(3)(b)] (or as the case may be, the difference so far as relating to oil of the particular kind or kinds in question) shall be increased by multiplying it by the fraction mentioned in subsection (2) of section 140;

(c) for each reference in [F12 paragraph 14(10)] to an assessable profit there shall be substituted a reference to a gross profit; F13 ...

(d) any reference in [F14 paragraph 14(10)] to an allowable loss shall be omitted[F15 ; and

(e) in the case of paragraphs 14A to 14I of Schedule 2, with such modifications as may be necessary]

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. 19 para. 7(1) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 102(2)

F9 Words in Sch. 19 para. 7(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 102(3)(a)

F10 Words in Sch. 19 para. 7(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 102(3)(b)

F11 Words in Sch. 19 para. 7(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 102(3)(c)

F12 Words in Sch. 19 para. 7(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 102(3)(e)

F13 Word in Sch. 19 para. 7(2)(c) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 102(3)(d)

F14 Words in Sch. 19 para. 7(2)(d) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 102(3)(e)

F15 Sch. 19 para. 7(2)(e) and word inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 102(3)(f)

8 U.K. Paragraphs 5(2) to (4) and 7 above shall apply in relation to an assessment to APRT under section 142(1) of this Act as if it were an assessment under paragraph 5.

Overpayment of tax U.K.

9 (1) Where in respect of any oil field a participator has paid an amount of APRT for a chargeable period which exceeds the amount of APRT payable therefor the amount of that excess shall be repaid to him. U.K.

(2) Where in respect of any oil field the amount paid for any chargeable period by a participator by way of instalments under paragraph 2 above exceeds the aggregate of his liabilities mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph, the amount of that excess shall be repaid to him.

Interest U.K.

10 (1) APRT payable for a chargeable period but not paid before the end of the second month after the end of that period shall carry interest from the end of that month until payment. U.K.

(2) Any amount payable by a participator as an instalment in respect of a chargeable period for a field and not paid by him in the month in which it ought to be paid shall carry interest from the end of that month until—

(a) payment of the amount, or

(b) two months after the end of that period,

whichever is the earlier.

(3) Where, in accordance with paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act as applied by paragraph 7 above, APRT may be withheld until the determination or abandonment of an appeal, the interest on that APRT may also be withheld until the edetermination or abandonment of that appeal.

(4) Where an amount of APRT or an amount paid by way of instalment becomes repayable, that amount shall carry interest from—

(a) two months after the end of the chargeable period in respect of which the APRT or the instalment was paid, or

(b) the date on which the amount was paid,

whichever is the later, until [F16 the order for repayment is issued].

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above a payment on account of an overdue instalment shall, so far as possible, be attributed to the earliest month for which an instalment is overdue ; and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) above any instalment or part of an instalment that becomes repayable shall, so far as possible, be regarded as consisting of the instalment most recently paid.

(6) In its application (by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act) to interest payable under sub-paragraph (1) or sub-paragraph (2) above, section 69n of the Taxes Management Act 1970 shall have effect with the omission of the words “ charged and due and payable under the assessment to which it relates ”.

F17 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8) Any reference in this paragraph to interest is a reference to interest at the rate applying under paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act.

Textual Amendments

F16 Words substituted by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 180(2)(d)(7)—deemed always to have had effect

F17 Sch. 19 para. 10(7) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 179, Sch. 10 Pt. 6 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22); and also repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 178, Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with Sch. 1 para. 178(2), Sch. 2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 See Advance Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1986 (c. 68, SIF 63:1), s. 1(6)

Transitional provisions U.K.

11 (1) In any case where, by virtue of section 105 of the M6 Finance Act 1980, a sum is paid by a participator as an advance payment of tax in respect of an oil field for the chargeable period ending on 30th June 1983 then,— U.K.

(a) to the extent that the sum so paid does not exceed his liability to APRT for that period, it shall be deemed to be a payment of APRT for that period; and

(b) subsection (5) of that section (treatment of advance payments) shall apply to any such sum only to the extent that it exceeds that liability to APRT.

(2) In subsection (7) of that section the reference to tax assessed on a participator in respect of a field for a chargeable period shall include, for the chargeable period ending on 30th June 1983, a reference to the amount (if any) of APRT payable by him in respect of that field for that period.

Marginal Citations

M6 1980 c. 48.

12 (1) Every participator in an oil field shall in March 1983 and in each of the four succeeding months pay to the Board an amount equal to one-fifth of the amount, if any, shown in the statement delivered by the participator under paragraph 10(1)(a) of Schedule 16 to the M7 Finance Act 1981 as supplementary petroleum duty payable by him in respect of the field for the chargeable period ending on 31st December 1982. U.K.

(2) Paragraphs 2(4) and 9 above shall apply in relation to any payment made by the participator under sub-paragraph (1) above as if it were an instalment under paragraph 2 above paid in respect of the chargeable period ending on 30th June 1983 ; but for the purposes of this sub-paragraph the amount of the participator’s liability to pay any APRT as mentioned in paragraph 2(4) above shall be reduced by the amount of any APRT deemed to have been paid by him in accordance with paragraph 11 above.

(3) Paragraphs 3, 4 and 10 above shall apply in relation to a payment under sub-paragraph (1) above as if it were an instalment under paragraph 2 above.

Marginal Citations

M7 1981 c. 35.

13 (1) If, in respect of the chargeable period ending on 30th June 1983, any sum is payable by a participator in accordance with section 1 of the M8 Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980, then, so far as the net amount of that sum is concerned, only one-fifth shall become payable at the time specified in that section and the remaining four-fifths shall be paid in four equal monthly instalments in the months of September to December 1983, inclusive. U.K.

(2) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) above to the net amount of any sum payable in accordance with section 1 of the M9 Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 is a reference to the sum specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of that section less any amount which is treated as (or deemed to be) paid as part of that sum—

(a) by virtue of section 105(5) of the Finance Act 1980, as applied by paragraph 11(1)(b) above; or

(b) by virtue of paragraph 2(4)(b) above, as applied by paragraph 12(2) above.

(3) Any amount payable by a participator as an instalment by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above and not paid by him in the month in which it ought to be paid shall carry interest from the end of that month until payment.

(4) Paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act (interest on assessed tax) shall not apply in relation to so much of the tax charged in an assessment on the participator for the chargeable period referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above (excluding and APRT so charged) as is equal to or less than the net amount referred to in that sub-paragraph and payable by him, and in relation to so much if any of that tax as exceeds that net amount paragraph 15 shall apply with the substitution for the words “two months after the end of the period” of the words “ the end of October 1983 ”.

(5) If, in respect of the chargeable period referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above, any amount of tax charged by an assessment to tax or paid on account of tax so charged becomes repayable under any provision of Part I of the principal Act, paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act (interest on such repayments) shall have effect in relation to that amount with the substitution for the words following “per annum” of the words “ from the end of October 1983 unti repayment ”.

(6) Sub-paragraphs (5) to (8) of paragraph 10 above shall apply for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (3) and (5) above asd they apply for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2) and (4) of paragraph 10.

Marginal Citations

M8 1980 c. 1.

M9 1980 c. 1.

Part II U.K. Miscellaneous

Repayment of APRT U.K.

14 (1) If a participator in an oil field has an excess of APRT credit [F18 for the ninth chargeable period following the first chargeable period referred to in section 139(1)(a)] of this Act, then, on the making of a claim the amount of that excess shall be repaid to him. U.K.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph there is an excess of APRT credit for [F18 the ninth chargeable period referred to in subparagraph (1) above] if any of that credit would, apart from this paragraph, fall to be carried forward to the next chargeable period in accordance with [F18 section 139(4) of this Act]; and the amount of the excess is the amount of the credit which would fall to be so carried forward.

(3) A claim under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be made not earlier than two months after the expiry of [F18 the ninth chargeable period] referred to in that sub-paragraph.

(4) In any case where—

(a) a claim is made under sub-paragraph (1) above before an assessment is made for [F18 the ninth chargeable period] referred to in that sub-paragraph, and

(b) the APRT credit for that period exceeds the amount of tax which, in the statement delivered under section 1(1)(a) of the M10 Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980, is shown to be payable by the participator concerned in accordance with the Schedule to that Act for that period in respect of the oilfield in question,

the amount of the excess shall be repaid to the participator and that repayment shall be regarded as a payment on account of ny amount which may fall to be repaid to him by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above.

(5) Paragraph 10(4) above shall not apply to any amount of APRT which is repayable only on the making of a claim under sub-paragraph (1) above.

(6) Amounts repaid to a participator by virtue of this paragraph shall be disregarded in computing his income for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax.

Textual Amendments

F18 Words substituted by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28), s. 35 and Sch. 7 para. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 See also Advance Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1986 (c. 68, SIF 63:1) for the repayment of certain amounts of APRT

Marginal Citations

M10 1980 c. 1.

Transfer of interest in fields U.K.

15 (1) This paragraph has effect in a case where Part I of Schedule 17 to the M11 Finance Act 1980 applies (transfer of interests in oil fields) and expressions used in the following provisions in this paragraph have the same meaning as in that Schedule. U.K.

(2) For the purpose of determining whether the new participator is liable to pay an amount of APRT, but for no other purpose, subsection (1) of section 139 nof this Act shall apply as if any gross profit which at any time before the transfer had accrued to the old participator from the field had accrued at that time to the new participator or, if the transfer is of part of the old participator’s interest in the field, as if a corresponding part of that gross profit had at that time accrued to the new participator.

(3) There shall be treated as the APRT credit of the new participator the whole or, if the transfer is of part of the old participator’s interest in the field, a corresponding part of so much, if any, of the old participator’s APRT credit in respect of that field for the transfer period as exceeds his liability for petroleum revenue tax for that period.

(4) For the purposes of computing whether any, and if so what, amount of APRT is payable by the old participator and the new participator for the transfer period or any later chargeable period, it shall be assumed that any application or proposal made in relation to the transfer under paragraph 4 or paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 17 to the M12 Finance Act 1980 and in respect of which the Board have not notified their decision will be accepted by the Board.

Marginal Citations

M11 1980 c. 48.

M12 1980 c. 48.

Net profit periods U.K.

16 (1) For the purposes of sections 111, 112 and 113 of the Finance Act 1981 (determination of ner profit periods etc.) the total assessable profits which have accrued to a participator from an oil field at the end of a chargeable period may in addition to being set against allowable losses be set against the APRT paid by the participator in respect of that oil field for chargeable periods up to and including that period and accordingly those sections shall have effect subject to the following modifications. U.K.

(2) In subsection (2) of section 111 (calculation of net profit) for the words from “exceed the total” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ exceed the aggregate of the total allowable losses that have so accrued to him and the total amount of advance petroleum revenue tax paid by him in respect of that field for chargeable periods up to and including that period. ” and at the end of that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2) above the total amount of advance petroleum revenue tax paid by the participator does not include any amount of that tax repaid to him before the end of the chargeable period first referred to in that subsection or any amount of that tax subsequently repaid to him under section 142(1) of the Finance Act 1982 or under paragraph 9 of Schedule 19 to that Act.”.

(3) In section 112 (application of section 111 where an interest in an oil field is transferred) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (4)—

“(4A) Subsections (2) and (2A) of section 111 shall have effect as if references to the amount of advance petroleum revenue tax paid by the new participator or repaid to him included references to the amount of that tax paid by or repaid to the old participator or, where the old participator has transferred part of his interest, such part of that amount as is just and reasonable.”.

(4) In section 113 (relief where total allowable losses exceed total allowable profits after the net profit period) the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (1)—

“(1) This section has effect where the aggregate of—

(a) the total allowable losses that have accrued to a participator from an oil field in chargeable periods up to and including a chargeable period ending not more than three years after his net profit period, and

(b) the amount of advance petroleum revenue tax paid by him in respect of that field for those periods less any such tax repaid to him before the end of those periods or repaid subsequently under section 142(1) of the Finance Act 1982 or paragraph 9 of Schedule 19 to that Act,

exceeds the total assessable profits (without any reduction under section 7 or 8 of the principal Act) that have so accrued to him.”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Part of the text of Sch. 19 Part II para. 16(2)–(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Abandoned fields U.K.

17 (1) The provisions of this paragraph apply where— U.K.

(a) the responsible person for an oil field has given notice under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the principal Act that the winning of oil from the field has permanently ceased;

(b) he has been notified of a decision (whether of the Board or on appeal from the Board) that the winning of oil has so ceased; and

(c) the date stated in that decision as the date on which the winning of oil from the field ceased is earlier than the expiry of the [F19 ninth chargeable period following the first chargeable period referred to in section 139(1)(a)] of this Act.

(2) Where a participator in the field in question has an amount of APRT credit—

(a) which cannot be set against a liability for petroleum revenue tax under section 139(3) of this Act, and

(b) which is not repayable by virtue of any other provision of this Schedule,

then, on the making of a claim, that amount shall be repaid to him.

(3) Paragraph 10(4) above shall not apply to any amount of APRT which is repayable only on the making of a claim under sub-paragraph (2) above.

(4) Any claim under sub-paragraph (2) above shall be made before any claim for any unrelievable field loss allowance under section 6 of the principal Act ; and any amount of APRT which is repayable by virtue of such a claim shall be left out of account in determining the amount of any such loss.

(5) Amounts repaid to a participator under this paragraph shall be disregarded in computing his income for the purposes of income tax and corporation tax.

Textual Amendments

F19 Words substituted by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28), s. 35 and Sch. 7 para. 4

Part III U.K. Amendments

18 U.K. In section 2 of the principal Act, at the beginning of subsection (4), there shall be inserted the words “ For the purposes of the tax (including advance petroleum revenue tax) ”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Part of the text of Sch. 19 Part III paras. 18 and 21 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

19 (1) In paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act for the words from “so far as” to “four months” there shall be substituted the words “ and payable shall be due within six months ”. U.K.

(2) This paragraph has effect with respect to chargeable periods ending on or after 30th June 1983.

20 U.K. In sub-paragraph (2) and (4) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the principal Act (liability for petroleum revenue tax and interest in the case of transfers to associated companies) the references to tax and to interest payable under Part I of that Act shall include references to APRT and to interest payable under paragraph 10 or paragraph 13 above.

21 U.K. In section 1 of the M13 Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 (payments on account of petroleum revenue tax)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) (computation of payments) there shall be added the words “ less an amount equal to his APRT credit for that chargeable period in respect of that oil field. ”; and

(b) in subsection (3) (repayment of excess) after the words “tax so charged” there shall be inserted the words “ less the amount of the APRT credit deducted in accordance with subsection (1)(b) above from the tax shown in the statement ”; and

(c) the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (3)—

“(3A) In subsections (1) and (3) above “APRT credit” has the meaning given by section 139(4) of the Finance Act 1982.

(3B) Paragraphs 3, 8 and 9 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act (penalties for failure to make returns under paragraph 2 of that Schedule) shall apply in relation to statements required to be made under subsection (1)(a) above as they apply in relation to returns required to be made under paragraph 2 of that Schedule.”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 Part of the text of Sch. 19 Part III paras. 18 and 21 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Marginal Citations

M13 1980 c. 1.