The Value Added Tax (Section 55A) (Specified Goods and Excepted Supplies) Order 2014

law://uk/uksi/2014/1458@2026-11-12

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Article 1Citation, commencement and effect#

(1)This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Section 55A) (Specified Goods and Excepted Supplies) Order 2014.

(2)This Order comes into force on 1st July 2014 and has effect in relation to supplies made on or after that date.

Article 2Interpretation#

In this Order—• “accredited FIT installation” has the meaning specified in article 2(1) of the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012;• “the Act” means the Value Added Tax Act 1994;• “directed utility” means a person who is treated as a gas or electricity utility pursuant to a direction made under sub-paragraph 1, or regulations made under sub-paragraph 2, of paragraph 151 of Part 14 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000;• “specified goods” means the goods specified in article 4;• “supply licence” means —(a) a licence granted under section 7A(1) of the Gas Act 1986 (licensing of gas suppliers and gas shippers);(b) a licence granted under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989 (licences authorising supply, etc.);(c) a licence granted under article 8(1)(c) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (licences authorising supply, etc.); or(d) a licence granted under article 10(1)(c) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (licences authorising supply, etc.);• “third party intermediary” means a person who purchases specified goods from a utility in order to make an onward supply of those goods to an end user for consumption, in circumstances where the goods are delivered directly to the end user by the utility;• “utility” has the meaning given by paragraph 150(1) of Part 14 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000.

Article 3Application of section 55A of the Act#

(1)Section 55A of the Act (customers to account for tax on supplies of goods or services of a kind used in missing trader ^note... fraud) applies to goods of a description specified in article 4.

(2)The supplies specified in article 5 are excepted supplies for the purposes of section 55A of the Act.

Article 4Specified goods#

The goods referred to in article 3(1) are—

(a)gas supplied through a natural gas system situated in Great Britain or any network connected to a natural gas system in Great Britain;

(aa)gas supplied through a natural gas system situated within Northern Ireland or the territory of a member State or any network connected to such a system; and

(b)electricity.

Article 5Excepted supplies#

The supplies referred to in article 3(2) are—

(a)a supply of specified goods made by a person who holds a supply licence in relation to that supply;

(b)a supply of specified goods by a directed utility to an end user for consumption;

(c)a supply of specified goods deemed to have been made pursuant to a contract under—

(i)paragraph 3(1) or (2) of Schedule 6 to the Electricity Act 1989 (the electricity code: deemed contracts in certain cases);

(ii)paragraph 8(1) or (2) of Schedule 2B to the Gas Act 1986 (the gas code: deemed contracts in certain cases);

(iii)paragraph 3(1) or (2) of Schedule 6 to the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (the electricity supply code: deemed contracts); or

(iv)section 12(1) or (2) of the Energy Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (gas: deemed contracts for supply in certain cases);

(d)a supply of specified goods made to a directed utility for the purpose of —

(i)consumption by the directed utility, or

(ii)onward supply by the directed utility to an end user for consumption;

(e)a supply of specified goods made by a person who, in relation to that supply, is exempted from the requirement to hold a supply licence under —

(i)article 5 of the Gas Exemptions Order 2011 (supplier exemptions);

(ii)paragraph 1, 2, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2A to the Gas Act 1986 (exceptions to prohibition on unlicensed activities);

(iii)article 7(1) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (exemptions);

(iv)article 3(1)(c) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirements for a Licence) Order 2001;

(v)article 9(1) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (exemptions); or

(vi)article 3(1)(c) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013;

(f)a supply to which section 9A of the Act (reverse charge on gas, electricity, heat or cooling supplied by persons outside the United Kingdom) applies;

(g)a supply of electricity made by an accredited FIT installation;

(h)a supply of specified goods—

(i)to a third party intermediary; or

(ii)by a third party intermediary;

(i)any other supply of specified goods which is not a wholesale supply.

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The Value Added Tax (Section 55A) (Specified Goods and Excepted Supplies) Order 2014

The Value Added Tax (Section 55A) (Specified Goods and Excepted Supplies) Order 2014

Article 1Citation, commencement and effect#

Article 2Interpretation#

Article 3Application of section 55A of the Act#

Article 4Specified goods#

Article 5Excepted supplies#

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Article 1Citation, commencement and effect#

Article 2Interpretation#

Article 3Application of section 55A of the Act#

Article 4Specified goods#

Article 5Excepted supplies#

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