Finance (No. 2) Act 2013

Tax treatment of horses and greyhounds

66. (1) The Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 2(1) by substituting the following for the definition of “livestock”:

“ ‘livestock’ means live—

(a) cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and deer, and

(b) horses normally intended for use in the preparation of foodstuffs or in agricultural production;”,

(b) in section 46(1)—

(i) in paragraph (ca) by substituting “, 13(3) and 13B(1) to (3)” for “and 13(3)”, and

(ii) in paragraph (d) by deleting “and live greyhounds and to the hire of horses”,

and

(c) in Schedule 3—

(i) in paragraph 10 by substituting the following for subparagraph (2):

“(2) Animal insemination services other than the services specified in subparagraphs (4) and (5) of paragraph 13B.”,

and

(ii) by inserting the following Part after Part 2A:

“PART 2B

Certain Supplies with Reduced Rate: Special Provisions in Accordance with Article 113 of the VAT Directive

Horses and greyhounds

13B. (1) The supply of live horses other than horses normally intended for use in—

(a) the preparation of foodstuffs, or

(b) agricultural production.

(2) The hire of horses.

(3) The supply of live greyhounds.

(4) The supply of insemination services for greyhounds.

(5) The supply of insemination services for horses other than horses normally intended for use in—

(a) the preparation of foodstuffs, or

(b) agricultural production.

(6) The supply of horse semen from horses other than horses normally intended for use in—

(a) the preparation of foodstuffs, or

(b) agricultural production.”.

(2) Subsection (1) comes into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may appoint by order.