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Sch. 18 Pt. 9C repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 454(11), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)" Row="722" EffectId="key-a7002642666e9560cfda8cb8dc115ca8" Type="repealed" RequiresApplied="false" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 1 para. 454(11) Sch. 3 Pt. 1" Comments="Unable to locate Sch. 18 Pt. 9C - Unable to locate Sch. 18 Pt. 9C" AffectedNumber="36" AffectedYear="1998" AffectingNumber="4" AppliedModified="2019-04-15T10:26:14.212591+01:00" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4" AffectedProvisions="Sch. 18 Pt. 9C" Modified="2023-10-10T08:56:11Z" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36"><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 AffectedNumber="36" AffectedYear="1998" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." 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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)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25" Modified="2023-10-10T08:56:11Z" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36" AffectedProvisions="Sch. 18 Pt. 9C title" RequiresApplied="false" AffectingYear="2006" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-616a6c86946c77d6dbcbfe88df4ab094" Comments="Unable to locate Sch. 18 Pt. 9C - Unable to locate Sch. 18 Pt. 9C" EffectId="key-616a6c86946c77d6dbcbfe88df4ab094"><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> title</ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Finance Act 2006</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-9" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/25/schedule/3/paragraph/9">para. 9</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Date="2006-07-19" Qualification="with effect in accordance with" OtherQualification="Sch. 3 para. 10"/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect></ukm:UnappliedEffects></ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
					

                    
									 
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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/I" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/part/I" NumberOfProvisions="22" id="part-I" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2008-11-01"><Number>Part I</Number><Title> Excise Duties</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/part/I/crossheading/hydrocarbon-oil-duties" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/part/I/crossheading/hydrocarbon-oil-duties" NumberOfProvisions="5" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." id="part-I-crossheading-hydrocarbon-oil-duties" RestrictStartDate="2008-11-01"><Title> Hydrocarbon oil duties</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="1998-03-17"><Title> Ultra low sulphur diesel.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/8" id="section-8"><Pnumber>8</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/8/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/8/1" id="section-8-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In section 1 of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c16419751"/>Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979, for subsection (6) (meaning of “ultra low sulphur diesel") there shall be substituted the following subsection—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>“<Term>Ultra low sulphur diesel</Term>” means gas oil—</Text><P3><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the sulphur content of which does not exceed 0.005 per cent. by weight or is nil;</Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the density of which does not exceed 835 kilograms per cubic metre at a temperature of 15° C; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>of which not less than 95 per cent. by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding 345° C.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/section/8/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/36/section/8/2" id="section-8-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 17th March 1998.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c16419751" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/5" id="c00012" Year="1979" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="5">1979 c. 5</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>