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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/152</dc:identifier><dc:title>Finance Act 1998</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.</dc:description><dc:date>1998-07-31</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-22</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-03-18</dct:valid>
					
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Sch. 18 Pt. 9C repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 454(11), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AppliedModified="2019-04-15T10:26:14.212591+01:00" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Finance Act 1998</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-18" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/schedule/18">Sch. 18 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-18-part-9C" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/schedule/18/part/9C" FoundRef="schedule-18">Pt. 9C</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Corporation Tax Act 2009</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/schedule/1">Sch. 1 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-1-paragraph-454-11" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/schedule/1/paragraph/454/11">para. 454(11)</ukm:Section> <ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/schedule/3/part/1">Pt. 1</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Savings><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/schedule/2">Sch. 2 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/schedule/2/part/1">Pt. 1</ukm:Section> <ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-part-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/schedule/2/part/2">2</ukm:Section></ukm:Savings><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-1329-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/section/1329/1">s. 1329(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Date="2009-04-01" Qualification="with effect in accordance with" OtherQualification="s. 1329(1)"/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect RequiresApplied="false" Type="substituted" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-616a6c86946c77d6dbcbfe88df4ab094" AffectedYear="1998" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Modified="2023-10-10T08:56:11Z" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 18 Pt. 9C repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 454(11), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)" AffectingYear="2006" AffectedProvisions="Sch. 18 Pt. 9C title" Row="721" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 9" Comments="Unable to locate Sch. 18 Pt. 9C - Unable to locate Sch. 18 Pt. 9C" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedNumber="36" AppliedModified="2019-04-15T10:26:14.212591+01:00" AffectingNumber="25" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." 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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/body" NumberOfProvisions="181" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2016-09-15"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/part/V" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/part/V" NumberOfProvisions="10" id="part-V" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2013-01-31"><Number>Part V</Number><Title> Other Taxes</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/part/V/crossheading/petroleum-revenue-tax-etc" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/part/V/crossheading/petroleum-revenue-tax-etc" NumberOfProvisions="1" id="part-V-crossheading-petroleum-revenue-tax-etc" RestrictStartDate="2010-04-01"><Title> Petroleum revenue tax <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation></Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2010-04-01"><Title> Gas valuation.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/152" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/152" id="section-152"><Pnumber>152</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/1" id="section-152-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Paragraph 3A of Schedule 3 to the <CommentaryRef Ref="c16422821"/>Oil Taxation Act 1975 (market value of light gases) shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, with the insertion of the following sub-paragraph after sub-paragraph (3)—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="unknown" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="schedule" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>3A</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above include—</Text><P3><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the timing of the making, and of any subsequent variations, of the actual contract or other arrangements under which the disposal or appropriation was made;</Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the terms of that contract or, as the case may be, of those arrangements, and the terms of any such variations; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the extent to which the circumstances to which regard is to be had by virtue of paragraphs (a) and (b) above are circumstances that might reasonably have been expected to exist in the case of a contract satisfying the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (2) above.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/2" id="section-152-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the <CommentaryRef Ref="c16422831"/>Oil Taxation Act 1983 (purchase of oil at place of extraction) shall have effect and, in relation to light gases disposed of or appropriated at any time on or after 3rd May 1994, be deemed to have had effect—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/2/a" id="section-152-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>with the substitution, for the words “<Term id="term-paragraphs-a-to-c">paragraphs (a) to (c)</Term>” in sub-paragraph (2), of the words “paragraphs (a) to (cb)"; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/2/b" id="section-152-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>with the substitution for the words from “2(5)(b)" to “<Term id="term-length">length),</Term>” in sub-paragraph (5) of the words “2(5)(b) or (ca) of the principal Act (oil disposed of otherwise than in sales at arm’s length),".</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/152/3" id="section-152-3"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-67e3cd5999fc01f821c776d9e5391cec"/>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c16422821" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/22" id="c00364" Year="1975" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="22">1975 c. 22</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c16422831" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/56" id="c00365" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="56">1983 c. 56</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-67e3cd5999fc01f821c776d9e5391cec" Type="F"><Para><Text>S. 152(3) repealed: (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/4" id="cb6dtecb3-00014" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2010" Number="4" Title="Corporation Tax Act 2010">Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cb6dtecb3-00015" CitationRef="cb6dtecb3-00014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/4/section/1184/1" SectionRef="section-1184-1">s. 1184(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cb6dtecb3-00016" CitationRef="cb6dtecb3-00014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/4/schedule/3/part/2" SectionRef="schedule-3-part-2" Operative="true">Sch. 3 Pt. 2</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cb6dtecb3-00017" CitationRef="cb6dtecb3-00014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/4/schedule/2" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>); (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/8" id="cb6dtecb3-00005" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2010" Number="8" Title="Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010">Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cb6dtecb3-00006" CitationRef="cb6dtecb3-00005" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/8/section/381/1" SectionRef="section-381-1">s. 381(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cb6dtecb3-00007" CitationRef="cb6dtecb3-00005" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/8/schedule/10/part/6" SectionRef="schedule-10-part-6" Operative="true">Sch. 10 Pt. 6</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cb6dtecb3-00008" CitationRef="cb6dtecb3-00005" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/8/schedule/9/paragraph/1" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/8/schedule/9/paragraph/9" StartSectionRef="schedule-9-paragraph-1" EndSectionRef="schedule-9-paragraph-9">Sch. 9 paras. 1-9</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cb6dtecb3-00009" CitationRef="cb6dtecb3-00005" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/8/schedule/9/paragraph/22" SectionRef="schedule-9-paragraph-22">22</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>