Finance Act 2022

Amendment of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to Principal Act (zero-rated goods and services)

64. The Principal Act is amended with effect from 1 January 2023—

(a) in Schedule 2, in Part 2—

(i) in paragraph 9—

(I) by the substitution of “atlases and newspapers” for “atlases”, and

(II) in subparagraph (a), by the substitution of “newspapers which are wholly or predominantly devoted to advertising” for “newspapers”,

(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 9:

“Electronically supplied newspapers

9A. Newspapers, supplied electronically, but excluding those which are wholly or predominantly devoted to advertising, or consist wholly or predominantly of audible music or video content.”,

(iii) in paragraph 11—

(I) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (1):

“(1) The supply of medicine of a kind used for—

(a) human oral consumption, or

(b) human non-oral consumption when supplied for the purpose of—

(i) hormone replacement therapy, or

(ii) nicotine replacement therapy.”,

and

(II) in subparagraph (3)—

(A) by the insertion of the following clause after clause (b):

“(ba) automated external defibrillators,”,

and

(B) in clause (d), by the substitution of “clauses (a), (b), (ba) and (c)” for “clauses (a), (b) and (c) ”,

and

(iv) in paragraph 13, by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (3):

“(3) The supply of sanitary towels, sanitary tampons, menstrual cups, menstrual pants and menstrual sponges.”,

and

(b) in Schedule 3, in Part 2—

(i) by the deletion of paragraph 5A,

(ii) in paragraph 7(a), by the deletion of “newspapers and”, and

(iii) in paragraph 7A, by the deletion of “, newspapers”.