2004 No. 2255
TAXES
TONNAGE TAX

The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Made
Laid before the House of Commons
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 29, 31 and 36 of Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 20001, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st October 2004.

Interpretation2.

In these Regulations, “relevant four month period” means a period of four months commencing on 1st October, 1st February or 1st June.

Payments in lieu of training3.

(1)

The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) Regulations 20002 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 15(1)(b) (payments in lieu of training), for “£591” substitute “£608” and in regulation 21(4) (higher rate of payment in case of failure to meet training requirement), for “£538” substitute “£553”.

Application4.

These Regulations apply for the purpose of calculating the payments in lieu of training in respect of a relevant four month period falling on or after 1st October 2004.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) Regulations 2000 by increasing the amount of the payments in lieu of training. In respect of a relevant four month period falling on or after 1st October 2004, the figure by which the number of months is to be multiplied is increased from £591 to £608. In the case of the higher rate payment where there has been a failure to meet the training requirement, the basic rate to be used in the calculations is increased from £538 to £553.