Section 357YW | Power to amend ^F1

(1)The Treasury may by regulations amend this Part (apart from this section).

(2)Regulations under this section—

(a)may not widen the description of the type of payments that are chargeable to corporation tax under this Part;

(b)may not remove or prejudice any right of appeal;

(c)may not increase the rate at which tax is charged on restitution interest under this Part;

(d)may not enable any provision of this Part to have effect in relation to the subject matter of any claim which has been finally determined before 21 October 2015.

(3)Subject to subsection (2), regulations under this section may have retrospective effect.

(4)For the purposes of this section a claim is “finally determined” if a court has disposed of the claim by a final determination or the claimant and the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have entered into an agreement in final settlement of the claim.

(5)Section 357YC(8) (which defines when a determination made by a court is final) has effect for the purposes of this section as for the purposes of section 357YC.

(6)Regulations under this section may include incidental, supplementary or transitional provision.

(7)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section must be laid before the House of Commons.

(8)The regulations cease to have effect at the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which they are made unless, during that period, the regulations are approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

(9)In reckoning the 28-day period, no account is to be taken of any time during which—

(a)Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or

(b)the House of Commons is adjourned for more than 4 days.

(10)Regulations ceasing to have effect by virtue of subsection (8) does not affect—

(a)anything previously done under the regulations, or

(b)the making of new regulations.