http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/430/madeThe Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Cable-Suspended Passenger Transport Systems) Order 2013TaxVATCorporation taxenKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2013-02-28VALUE ADDED TAXThis Order inserts a new Group 13 into Schedule 7A to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (charge at reduced rate) to provide for a reduced rate for the transport of passengers by means of certain cable-suspended vehicles designed or adapted to carry not more than 9 passengers provided that the transport is not supplied to, from or within a specified place by a person (or a person connected with that person) who supplies a right of admission to, or a right to use facilities at, that place.Statutory Instruments2013 No. 430Value Added TaxThe Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Cable-Suspended Passenger Transport Systems) Order 2013Made27th February 2013Laid before the House of Commons28th February 2013Coming into force1st April 2013

The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 29A and 96(9) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994

1994 c. 23; section 29A was inserted by section 99(4) of the Finance Act 2001 (c. 9); section 96(9) was amended by section 99(6) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 31 to, the Finance Act 2001.

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Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Cable-Suspended Passenger Transport Systems) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st April 2013.

Amendment of Schedule 7A to the Value Added Tax Act 19942.(1)

Schedule 7A to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (charge at reduced rate)

Schedule 7A was inserted by section 99(5) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 31 to, the Finance Act 2001; Group 12 (caravans) was inserted by section 196 of, and paragraph 6(1) and (3) of Schedule 26 to, the Finance Act 2012 (c. 14).

is amended as follows.

(2)

In Part 1 (index to reduced-rate supplies of goods and services), at the appropriate place insert—

Cable-suspended passenger transport systems……………………

Group 13

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(3)

In Part 2 (the groups), at the end insert—GROUP 13CABLE-SUSPENDED PASSENGER TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

Item No.

1.

Transport of passengers by means of a cable-suspended chair, bar, gondola or similar vehicle designed or adapted to carry not more than 9 passengers.

NOTES:

Supplies not within item 1
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Item 1 does not include the transport of passengers to, from or within—

(i)

a place of entertainment, recreation or amusement; or

(ii)

a place of cultural, scientific, historical or similar interest,

by the person, or a person connected with that person, who supplies a right of admission to, or a right to use facilities at, such a place.

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For the purposes of Note 1 any question as to whether a person is connected with another shall be determined in accordance with section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010

2010 c. 4.

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Stephen CrabbRobert GoodwillTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury27th February 2013EXPLANATORY NOTE(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order inserts a new Group 13 into Schedule 7A to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (charge at reduced rate) to provide for a reduced rate for the transport of passengers by means of certain cable-suspended vehicles designed or adapted to carry not more than 9 passengers provided that the transport is not supplied to, from or within a specified place by a person (or a person connected with that person) who supplies a right of admission to, or a right to use facilities at, that place.

A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on the HMRC website at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/thelibrary/tiins.htm.