Citation and commencement

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Penalties, Offshore Income etc. (Designation of Territories) (Amendment) Order 2013 and comes into force on 24th July 2013.

(2) This Order has effect in relation to inaccuracies in a document given to HMRC (or, in a case within paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007, discovered by P(2)) on or after that date.

Amendments to the Penalties, Offshore Income etc. (Designation of Territories) Order 2011

2.-(1) The Penalties, Offshore Income etc. (Designation of Territories) Order 2011(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In the Table in the Schedule-

(a)in the left hand column ("category 1 territories"), insert the following in the appropriate places-

• "Liechtenstein",

• "Switzerland", and

(b)in the right hand column ("category 3 territories"), omit the following-

• "Antigua and Barbuda",

• "Armenia",

• "Bahrain",

• "Barbados",

• "Belize",

• "Dominica",

• "Grenada",

• "Mauritius",

• "San Marino",

• "Saint Kitts and Nevis",

• "Saint Lucia",

• "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007 provides for financial penalties when inaccurate information is provided to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. When such information relates to sources or assets in an overseas jurisdiction the scale of penalty is determined by reference to the category of the territory to which the inaccuracy is connected.

The Penalties, Offshore Income etc. (Designation of Territories) Order 2011 designates certain territories as category 1 territories or as category 3 territories for the purposes of Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007. Any territory not listed in category 1 or category 3 falls by default into category 2.

This Order reclassifies certain territories from category 2 to category 1 (Liechtenstein and Switzerland) and from category 3 to category 2 (Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Mauritius, San Marino, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).

A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument will be published on the HMRC website at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/thelibrary/tiins.htm.