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

Amendment of section 71 of Finance Act 2005

78. Section 71 of the Finance Act 2005 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of the definitions of “Community” and “Member State”,

(b) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (5A), a word” for “A word”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(5A) In this Chapter, each reference to Member State shall apply as if the reference included a reference to Northern Ireland.”.