Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2879

The Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) Order 2001

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 2879

VALUE ADDED TAX

The Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) Order 2001

	Made	9th August 2001
	Laid before the House of Commons	9th August 2001
	Coming into force	1st September 2001

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 33A(9) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994[1], hereby make the following Order:

    1.This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) Order 2001 and comes into force on 1st September 2001.

    2.Section 33A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 applies to the bodies listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

    3.The museums and galleries listed in column 2 of the Schedule are, for the purposes of section 33A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, relevant museums and galleries in relation to the bodies listed opposite them in the Schedule.

    4.Where column 3 of the Schedule indicates a particular date, in the case of the museum or gallery to be found opposite that date, section 33A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall apply as if, in subsection (1)(c) of that section, that date were substituted for 1st April 2001.


John Heppell

Graham Stringer
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

9th August 2001



SCHEDULEArticles 2, 3 and 4

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Body	Relevant museums and galleries	Later date to be substituted for 1st April 2001
British Museum	British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG
Imperial War Museum	Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ	1st December 2001
	IWM North Trafford Wharf Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1TZ	1st April 2002
The National Gallery	The National Gallery Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5ND
National Maritime Museum	National Maritime Museum Romney Road London SE10 9NF	1st December 2001
National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside	Walker Art Gallery William Brown Street Liverpool L3 8EL	1st December 2001
	Liverpool Museum William Brown Street Liverpool L3 8EN	1st December 2001
	Merseyside Maritime Museum Albert Dock Liverpool L3 4AQ	1st December 2001
	Museum of Liverpool Life Pier Head Liverpool L3 1PZ	1st December 2001
	The Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village Bebington Wirral Merseyside L62 4XE	1st December 2001
	Sudley House Mossley Hill Road Liverpool L18 8BX	1st December 2001
	The Conservation Centre Whitechapel Liverpool L1 6HZ	1st December 2001
	HM Customs & Excise National Museum Merseyside Maritime Museum Albert Dock Liverpool L3 4AQ	1st December 2001
National Portrait Gallery	National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place London WC2H 0HE
Natural History Museum	Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD	1st December 2001
	Natural History Museum Zoological Museum Akeman Street Tring Herts HP23 6AD	1st December 2001
Royal Armouries	The Royal Armouries Armouries Drive Leeds West Yorkshire LS10 1LT	1st December 2001
	Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson Fort Nelson Down End Road Fareham Hants PO17 6AD	1st December 2001
Science Museum	Science Museum South Kensington London SW7 2DD	1st December 2001
	National Museum of Photography Film and Television Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 1LQ
	National Railway Museum Leeman Road York YO26 4XJ	1st December 2001
	Science Museum Wroughton Airfield Swindon Wilts SN4 9NS
	National Coal Mining Museum for England Caphouse Colliery New Road Overton Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 4RH	1st April 2002
Tate Gallery	Tate Britain Millbank London SW1P 4RG
	Tate Modern Bankside London SE1 9TG
	Tate Liverpool Albert Dock Liverpool L3 4BB
Victoria and Albert Museum	Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 2RL	22nd November 2001
	Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood Cambridge Heath Road London E2 9PA
	Theatre Museum: National Museum of Performing Arts Russell Street Covent Garden London WC2 7PR	22nd November 2001
	Wellington Museum Apsley House 149 Piccadilly Hyde Park Corner London W1J 7NT	22nd November 2001
The Wallace Collection	The Wallace Collection Hertford House Manchester Square London W1U 3BN
The Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry	Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Liverpool Road Castlefield Manchester M3 4FP	1st December 2001
Sir John Soane's Museum	Sir John Soane's Museum 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3BP
Museum of London	Museum of London London Wall London EC2Y 5NH	1st December 2001
	Museum of London Archaeological Service Mortimer Wheeler House 46 Eagle Wharf Road London N1	1st March 2002
Geffrye Museum	Geffrye Museum Kingsland Road London E2 8EA
Horniman Museum	Horniman Museum 100 London Road Forest Hill London SE23 3PQ
British Library	British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB (in respect of the historical collections in its galleries, temporary exhibitions and other related public programmes and events)
The National Army Museum	The National Army Museum Royal Hospital Road Chelsea London SW3 4HT
The Royal Air Force Museum	The Royal Air Force Museum Hendon London NW9 5LL	1st December 2001
National Museums & Galleries of Wales	National Museum & Gallery Cathays Park Cardiff CF10 3NP
	National Museums of Welsh History:
	Roman Legionary Museum High Street Caerleon NP6 1AE
	Segontium Roman Fort Museum Beddgelert Road Caernarfon Gwynedd LL55 2LN
	Museum of Welsh Life St Fagans Cardiff CF5 6XB
National Museums & Galleries of Wales (cont)	National Museums of Welsh Industry:
	Welsh Slate Museum Llanberis Gwynedd LL55 4TY
	Big Pit, National Mining Museum of Wales Blaenafon Torfaen NP4 9XP
	Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry Drefach Felindre Llandysul SA44 5UP
	Collections Centre Nantgarw Trefforest Industrial Estate Pontypridd CF15 7QT
	National Museum of Art:
	Turner House Plymouth Road Penarth South Glamorgan CF64 3DM
The National Library of Wales	The National Library of Wales Aberystwyth Ceredigion SY23 3BU (in respect of the historical collections in its galleries, temporary exhibitions and other related public programmes and events)
National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland	Ulster Museum Botanic Gardens Belfast BT9 5AB
	Armagh County Museum The Mall East Armagh
National Museums of Scotland	Royal Scottish Museum Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF
	Museum of Scotland Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF
	National War Museum of Scotland Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh
National Galleries of Scotland	National Gallery of Scotland The Mound Edinburgh EH2 2EL
	Scottish National Portrait Gallery Queen Street Edinburgh EH2 1JD
	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Belford Road Edinburgh EH4 3DR
	Dean Gallery Belford Road Edinburgh EH4 3DR
National Library of Scotland	National Library of Scotland George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW
	National Library of Scotland 33 Salisbury Place Edinburgh (in respect of the historical collections in its galleries, temporary exhibitions and other related public programmes and events)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st September 2001, names (in column 1 of the Schedule) the bodies entitled to claim refunds of VAT under section 33A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23) ("the Act"). Column 2 of the Schedule specifies the museums and galleries to which such claims shall relate.

Section 33A(1)(c) of the Act provides that section 33A shall apply where a supply, acquisition or importation is made to a body on or after 1st April 2001, unless Column 3 specifies a later date in relation to a particular museum or gallery.

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Notes:

[1] 1994 c. 23.back

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ISBN 0 11 029863 2

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