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Part 6U.K.Other taxes

Air passenger dutyU.K.

322New bands and ratesU.K.

(1)Section 30 of FA 1994 (air passenger duty: rates) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1A), after “long haul” insert “and ultra-long haul”.

(3)After subsection (1A) insert—

(1B)If the passenger’s journey ends at a place in the United Kingdom—

(a)if the passenger’s agreement for carriage provides for standard class travel in relation to every flight on the passenger’s journey, the rate is £6.50, and

(b)in any other case, the rate is £13.

(4)In subsection (2) omit “the United Kingdom or”.

(5)After subsection (2) insert—

(2A)If the passenger’s journey ends at a place in a territory specified in Part 1A of Schedule 5A—

(a)if the passenger’s agreement for carriage provides for standard class travel in relation to every flight on the passenger’s journey, the rate is £87, and

(b)in any other case, the rate is £191.

(6)In subsection (4A)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “£84” substitute “£91”;

(b)in paragraph (b), for “£185” substitute “£200”.

(7)In subsection (4E)—

(a)before paragraph (a) insert—

(za)if the rate which (apart from this subsection) would apply is the rate in subsection (1B)(a) or (b), a rate of £78 is to apply instead,;

(b)in paragraph (a), for “equal to six times the rate in subsection (2)(a)” substitute “of £78”;

(c)omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a);

(d)after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)if the rate which (apart from this subsection) would apply is the rate in subsection (2A)(a) or (b), a rate of £574 is to apply instead, and;

(e)in paragraph (d), for “equal to 6.6 times the rate in subsection (4A)(a)” substitute “of £601”.

(8)In Schedule 5A to FA 1994 (air passenger duty: territories etc)—

(a)in Part 1 (Part 1 territories)—

(i)for “Czech Republic” substitute “Czechia”;

(ii)for “Former Yugoslav Republic of” substitute “North”;

(b)after Part 1 insert—

Part 1AU.K.Part 1A territories
AfghanistanCubaKyrgyzstanSenegal
AngolaCuracaoLebanonSeychelles
AnguillaDjiboutiLiberiaSierra Leone
Antigua and BarbudaDominicaMacauSint Eustatius
ArmeniaDominican RepublicMalawiSint Maarten
ArubaEgyptMaldivesSomalia
AzerbaijanEl SalvadorMaliSouth Korea
BahrainEquatorial GuineaMartiniqueSouth Sudan
BangladeshEritreaMauritaniaSri Lanka
BarbadosEthiopiaMayotteSt Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
BelizeFrench GuianaMongoliaSt Kitts and Nevis
BeninGabonMontserratSudan
BermudaGeorgiaNamibiaSuriname
BhutanGhanaNepalSyria
BonaireGrenadaNicaraguaTajikistan
BotswanaGuadeloupeNigerTanzania
BrazilGuatemalaNigeriaThe Bahamas
British Virgin IslandsGuineaNorth KoreaThe Gambia
Burkina FasoGuinea-BissauOmanTogo
BurundiGuyanaPakistanTrinidad and Tobago
CameroonHaitiPanamaTurkmenistan
CanadaHondurasQatarTurks and Caicos Islands
Cape VerdeIndiaRussian Federation, east of the Ural MountainsUganda
Cayman IslandsIranRwandaUnited Arab Emirates
Central African RepublicIraqSabaUnited States (including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)
ChadIsraelSaint BarthélemyUzbekistan
ChinaIvory CoastSaint LuciaVenezuela
ColombiaJamaicaSaint MartinYemen
ComorosJordanSaint Pierre and MiquelonZambia
CongoKazakhstanSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesZimbabwe
Congo (Democratic Republic)KenyaSao Tome and Principe
Costa RicaKuwaitSaudi Arabia.

(9)In consequence of the amendments made by this section, in Schedule 1 to The Aircraft Operators (Accounts and Records) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1737) (particulars of an air passenger duty account), in paragraph (e)—

(a)before sub-paragraph (i) insert—

(ai)chargeable at the rates set out in section 30(1B)(a) and (b) of the Act;;

(b)after sub-paragraph (i) insert—

(ia)chargeable at the rates set out in section 30(2A)(a) and (b) of the Act;;

(c)in sub-paragraph (viii), for “(a)” substitute “(za), (a), (aa)”.

(10)The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to the carriage of passengers beginning on or after 1 April 2023.