Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

Chapter 5

Value-Added Tax

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2010

61. Section 2 of the Act of 2010 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), in the definition of “Community”, by the insertion of “, subject to subsection (4A),” before “has the same meaning”,

(b) in subsection (4), by the insertion of “, subject to subsection (4A),” before “references to Member States”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(4A) In this Act, each reference to—

(a) Community, and

(b) Member State,

shall apply as if the reference included a reference to Northern Ireland, save—

(i) where the reference occurs in a provision specified in Part 1 of Schedule 9, and

(ii) in the case of a provision specified in Part 2 of Schedule 9, in so far as the provision applies to services.”.