Section 24 — Finance Act 2003: Introductory

Introductory 24 1 This Part makes provision for and in connection with the imposition of liability to a penalty where a person—

a engages in any conduct for the purpose of evading any relevant tax or duty, or b engages in any conduct by which he contravenes a duty, obligation, requirement or condition imposed by or under legislation relating to any relevant tax or duty.

2 For the purposes of this Part “ relevant tax or duty ” means any of the following—

a customs duty;

b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d import VAT;

e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 In this Part— “ appeal tribunal ” means a the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal ; “ the Commissioners ” means the Commissioners of Customs and Excise; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ contravene ” includes fail to comply with; ... “ demand notice ” means a demand notice within the meaning of section 30; “ HMRC ” means “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. “ import VAT ” means value added tax chargeable by virtue of section 1(1)(c) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23) (importation of goods into the United Kingdom ); “ notice ” means notice in writing; ... “ prescribed ” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations made by the Treasury; “ relevant rule ”, in relation to any relevant tax or duty, has the meaning given by subsection (8) of section 26 (as read with subsection (9) of that section); “ representative ”, in relation to any person, means— his personal representative, his trustee in bankruptcy or interim or permanent trustee, any receiver or liquidator appointed in relation to that person or any of his property, or any other person acting in a representative capacity in relation to that person. “Union Customs Code” means Regulation ( EU ) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code; “Union export duty” means export duty, as defined in Article 5(21) of the Union Customs Code; “Union import duty” means import duty, as defined in Article 5(20) of the Union Customs Code. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 Except for this subsection and section 41 (which accordingly come into force on the passing of this Act), this Part comes into force on such day as the Treasury may by order appoint.