2003 No. 3240
TAX CREDITS

The Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Commissioners of Inland Revenue, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 4(1), 6 and 65(2) of the Tax Credits Act 20021 hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and effect

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.

2.

The Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 20022 are amended as follows.

3.

In regulation 8(2)(c), for “paragraph (2) of regulation 9”, substitute “paragraph (1)(c) of regulation 9”.

4.

(1)

Amend regulation 26 as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (2)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “element”, substitute “credit”; and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (c), for “regulation 9(2)”, substitute “regulation 9(1)(c)”.

(3)

In paragraph (3)(c), for “regulation 9(2)”, substitute “regulation 9(1)(c)”.

Nick Montagu
Helen Ghosh
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2014: “the principal Regulations”). Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement, and effect. Regulation 2 introduces the amendments to the principal Regulations.

Regulations 3 and 4 amend regulations 8 and 26 of the principal Regulations respectively, making minor corrections of a clerical and drafting nature.

This instrument replaces the provisions contained in regulations 19 to 21 of S.I. 2003/2815, which were purportedly made by HM Treasury under powers conferred on the Commissioners of Inland Revenue It does not impose any new costs on business.