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Version date: 31 March 2012 - onwards

81. Amendment of Chapter 2 (natural gas carbon tax) of Part 3 of Finance Act 2010.

Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the Finance Act 2010 is amended -

(a) in section 66(1), in the definition of "CN Code", by substituting "Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2031/2001" for "Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2031/2001",

(b) in section 67(1), with effect as on and from 1 May 2012, by substituting "€4.10" for "€3.07",

(c) in section 67(3), with effect as on and from 1 May 2012, by substituting "€0.020" for "€0.015",

(d) by substituting the following for section 68:

"68.

(1) Tax shall be charged at the time the natural gas is supplied by a supplier to a consumer and, except where subsection (2) applies, that supplier shall be accountable for and liable to pay the tax charged on the natural gas supplied by that supplier.

(2) A consumer shall be liable for any deficiency in the amount of tax paid on a supply, where that deficiency has resulted from false or misleading information furnished to the supplier concerned by that consumer, and no such liability shall attach to the supplier.",

(e) in section 70 by inserting the following subsection: