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					(condition of bad debt relief that property in goods supplied has passed) shall not apply in the case of any claim made under that section in relation to a supply of goods made after the day on which this Act is passed.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/2/2008-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/2" id="section-39-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text><CommentaryRef Ref="c16375731"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/3/2008-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/3" id="section-39-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text><CommentaryRef Ref="c16375731"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/4/2008-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/4" id="section-39-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text><CommentaryRef Ref="c16375731"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/5/2008-07-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/5" id="section-39-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>No claim for a refund may be made in accordance with section 22 of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c14707121"/>Value Added Tax Act 1983 (old scheme for bad debt relief) at any time after the day on which this Act is passed.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c14707111" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/23" id="c00094" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="23">1994 c. 23</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c16375731" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00095" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/2" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/16/section/39/4" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-39-2" EndSectionRef="section-39-4">S. 39(2)-(4)</CitationSubRef> repealed (24.7.2002 with effect in accordance with s. 22(3) of the repealing Act) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/23" id="c00096" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="23" Title="Finance Act 2002">Finance Act 2002 (c. 23)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00097" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/23/section/141" CitationRef="c00096" SectionRef="section-141">s. 141</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00098" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/23/schedule/40/part/2/1" CitationRef="c00096" SectionRef="schedule-40-part-2-1" Operative="true">Sch. 40 Pt. 2(1)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c14707121" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/55" id="c00099" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="55">1983 c. 55</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>