419 tal-2012
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
L.N. 419 of 2012
VALUE ADDED TAX ACT
(CAP. 406)
Value Added Tax Act (Amendment of Fourth Schedule)
Regulations, 2012
IN virtue of the powers conferred by articles 8 and 75 of the
Value Added Tax Act, the Minister of Finance, the Economy and
Investment has made the following regulations:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Value Added Tax
Act (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Regulations, 2012, and these
regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Fourth
Schedule to the Value Added Tax Act, which Fourth Schedule is
hereinafter in these regulations referred to as "the Schedule".
(2) These regulations bring into force the provisions of
Council Directive 2010/45/EU of the 13th July 2010 amending
Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
(3) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st January
2013.
Immediately after paragraph (3) of item 1 of the Schedule,
there shall be added the following new paragraph
"(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2)
and (3), continuous supplies of goods over a period of more than
one calendar month which are dispatched or transported to a
Member State other than Malta and which are supplied VAT
exempt or which are transferred VAT exempt to another
Member State by a taxable person for the purposes of his
business, in accordance with the conditions laid down in item 3,
Part One, Fifth Schedule, shall be regarded as being completed
on expiry of each calendar month until such time as the supply
comes to an end.".
In sub-paragraph (b) of item 4 of the Schedule, for the
words "for that supply." there shall be substituted the words "for that
supply:", and immediately thereafter there shall be added the
following new proviso
"Provided that, with respect to the supply of goods and the
transfer of goods referred to in this item, the provision of
paragraph (2) in item 1 and the occurrence of sub-paragraph (b)
of item 3 shall not apply.".
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