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Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 18 April 2012      

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Finance (No. 4) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Pete Wishart

 

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

 

Not called  56

 

Schedule  23,  page  534,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘30B  

Scotland long haul rates of duty

 

(1)    

This section applies to the carriage of a chargeable passenger if—

 

(a)    

the carriage begins on or after the relevant day,

 

(b)    

the only flight, or the first flight, of the passenger’s journey begins at an

 

airport or aerodrome in Scotland,

 

(c)    

the passenger’s journey does not end at an airport or aerodrome in the

 

United Kingdom or a territory specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5A, and

 

(d)    

if the passenger’s journey has more than one flight, the first flight is not

 

followed by a connected flight beginning at an airport or aerodrome in

 

the United Kingdom or a territory specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5A.

 

(2)    

Air passenger duty is chargeable on the carriage of the chargeable passenger at

 

the rate determined as follows.

 

(3)    

If the passenger’s journey ends at an airport or aerodrome in a territory specified

 

in Part 2 of Schedule 5A—

 

(a)    

if the passenger’s agreement for carriage provides for standard class

 

travel in relation to every flight on the passenger’s journey, the rate is the

 

rate set by an Act of the Scottish Parliament for the purposes of this

 

paragraph, and

 

(b)    

in any other case the rate is the rate set by an Act of the Scottish

 

Parliament for the purposes of this paragraph.

 

(4)    

If the passenger’s journey ends at an airport or aerodrome in a territory specified

 

in Part 3 of Schedule 5A—

 

(a)    

if the passenger’s agreement for carriage provides for standard class

 

travel in relation to every flight on the passenger’s journey, the rate is the

 

rate set by an Act of the Scottish Parliament for the purposes of this

 

paragraph, and

 

(b)    

in any other case, the rate is the rate set by an Act of the Scottish

 

Parliament for the purposes of this paragraph.

 

(5)    

If the passenger’s journey ends at any other airport or aerodrome—

 

(a)    

if the passenger’s agreement for carriage provides for standard class

 

travel in relation to every flight on the passenger’s journey, the rate is the

 

rate set by an Act of the Scottish Parliament for the purposes of this

 

paragraph, and

 

(b)    

in any other case, the rate is the rate set by an Act of the Scottish

 

Parliament for the purposes of this paragraph.

 

(6)    

The rate of £0 may be set for the purposes of any paragraph.

 

(7)    

The same rate may be set for the purposes of two or more paragraphs.

 

(8)    

Any rate set must not exceed the rate which would apply if this section were not

 

in force.

 

(9)    

Subsections (5) to (7) and (10) to (12) of section 30 apply for the purposes of this

 

section as they apply for the purposes of that section.

 

(10)    

“The relevant day” means the day appointed as such by an order.

 

(11)    

Section 42(4) and (5) does not apply to an order under subsection (10).


 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 18 April 2012      

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Finance (No. 4) Bill, continued

 
 

(12)    

An Act of the Scottish Parliament means an Act passed under section 28 of the

 

Scotland Act 1998.’.

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Pete Wishart

 

Not called  46

 

Schedule  23,  page  535,  line  11,  after ‘30A’, insert ‘or 30B’.

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Not called  48

 

Schedule  23,  page  535,  line  16,  after ‘Ireland’, insert ‘and Wales’.

 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Pete Wishart

 

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

 

Not called  58

 

Schedule  23,  page  535,  line  16,  after ‘Ireland’, insert ‘and Scotland’.

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Not called  49

 

Schedule  23,  page  535,  line  18,  after ‘operators’, insert ‘in—

 

(a)    

Northern Ireland and

 

(b)    

Wales.’.

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Pete Wishart

 

Not called  47

 

Schedule  23,  page  535,  line  22,  after ‘30A’, insert ‘or 30B’.

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Not called  50

 

Schedule  23,  page  535,  line  27,  after ‘30A’, insert ‘or 30B’.

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Not called  51

 

Schedule  23,  page  536,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘41B  

Wales long haul rates of duty: disclosure of information

 

(1)    

An officer of Revenue and Customs may disclose to the Secretary of State, the

 

Treasury or Welsh Ministers any information for purposes connected with the

 

setting of rates of duty under section 30B above, including (in particular) to

 

enable the setting of rates under that section to be taken into account for the


 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 18 April 2012      

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Finance (No. 4) Bill, continued

 
 

purposes of section 118 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Payments into

 

Welsh Consolidated Fund: grants).

 

(2)    

Information disclosed under subsection (1) above may not be further disclosed

 

without the consent of the Commissioners (which may be general or specific).

 

(3)    

In section 19 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005

 

(wrongful disclosure) references to subsection 18(1) of that Act are to be read as

 

including a reference to subsection (2) above.’.

 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Pete Wishart

 

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

 

Not called  60

 

Schedule  23,  page  536,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘41B  

Scotland long haul rates of duty: disclosure of information

 

(1)    

An officer of Revenue and Customs may disclose to the Scottish Ministers, the

 

Treasury or the Secretary of State any information for purposes connected with

 

the setting of rates of duty under section 30B above, including (in particular) to

 

enable the setting of rates under that section to be taken into account for the

 

purposes of Part 3, section 64, subsection 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Scottish

 

Consolidated Fund).

 

(2)    

Information disclosed under subsection (1) above may not be further disclosed

 

without the consent of the Commissioners (which may be general or specific).

 

(3)    

In section 19 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005

 

(wrongful disclosure) references to subsection 18(1) of that Act are to be read as

 

including a reference to subsection (2) above.’.

 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Pete Wishart

 

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

 

Negatived on division  61

 

Schedule  23,  page  536,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(1)  

The Scotland Act, Schedule 5, section A1 (exceptions) is amended as follows:

 

      (2)  

After ‘rates)’, insert—

 

“(1)    

Air Passenger Duty on all flights that are—

 

(a)    

originating from an airport or aerodrome in Scotland and,

 

(b)    

not part of a connecting flight from—

 

(i)    

a domestic UK airport or aerodrome, or

 

(ii)    

a territory specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5A of the

 

Finance Act 1994.”’.

 

Schedule Agreed to.

 

Progress reported.


 
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