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18 Consequential modifications of enactments.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, references in the Management Act to a penalty shall not include references to a penalty under this Chapter.
(2) Section 117 of the Management Act (execution and distress against revenue traders) shall have effect—
(a) as if any amount assessed as due from any person by way of a penalty under this Chapter . . . were an amount of excise duty payable by that person; . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Section 127 of the Management Act (determination of disputes as to duties on imported goods) shall cease to have effect; . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) In section 29A(1)(d) of that Act of 1981 (certificate to be evidence of certain matters), for the words “or estimate made in pursuance of this Act” there shall be substituted “ made in pursuance of this Act or in any assessment made under section 12 of the Finance Act 1994 ”.
(6) In section 35(1)(c) of the Finance Act 1993 (certificate to be evidence of certain matters), for the words “in an estimate made under section 116A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ in any assessment made under section 12 of the Finance Act 1994 ”.
(7) In section 827 of the Taxes Act 1988 (VAT penalties etc.), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(1A) Where a person is liable to make a payment by way of a penalty under any of sections 8 to 11 of the Finance Act 1994 (penalties relating to excise), that payment shall not be allowed as a deduction in computing any income, profits or losses for any tax purposes.
(8) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall be without prejudice to section 13(5) above; and subsection (7) above shall have effect in relation to any chargeable period ending after the coming into force of the provision which provides for the imposition of the penalty in question.
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18 Consequential modifications of enactments.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, references in the Management Act to a penalty shall not include references to a penalty under this Chapter.
(2) Section 117 of the Management Act (execution and distress against revenue traders) shall have effect—
(a) as if any amount assessed as due from any person by way of a penalty under this Chapter . . . were an amount of excise duty payable by that person; . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Section 127 of the Management Act (determination of disputes as to duties on imported goods) shall cease to have effect; . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) In section 29A(1)(d) of that Act of 1981 (certificate to be evidence of certain matters), for the words “or estimate made in pursuance of this Act” there shall be substituted “ made in pursuance of this Act or in any assessment made under section 12 of the Finance Act 1994 ”.
(6) In section 35(1)(c) of the Finance Act 1993 (certificate to be evidence of certain matters), for the words “in an estimate made under section 116A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ in any assessment made under section 12 of the Finance Act 1994 ”.
(7) In section 827 of the Taxes Act 1988 (VAT penalties etc.), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(1A) Where a person is liable to make a payment by way of a penalty under any of sections 8 to 11 of the Finance Act 1994 (penalties relating to excise), that payment shall not be allowed as a deduction in computing any income, profits or losses for any tax purposes.
(8) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall be without prejudice to section 13(5) above; and subsection (7) above shall have effect in relation to any chargeable period ending after the coming into force of the provision which provides for the imposition of the penalty in question.
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