Part 6Other taxes

Air passenger duty

322New bands and rates

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 1APart 1A territories

Afghanistan

Cuba

Kyrgyzstan

Senegal

Angola

Curacao

Lebanon

Seychelles

Anguilla

Djibouti

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Antigua and Barbuda

Dominica

Macau

Sint Eustatius

Armenia

Dominican Republic

Malawi

Sint Maarten

Aruba

Egypt

Maldives

Somalia

Azerbaijan

El Salvador

Mali

South Korea

Bahrain

Equatorial Guinea

Martinique

South Sudan

Bangladesh

Eritrea

Mauritania

Sri Lanka

Barbados

Ethiopia

Mayotte

St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Belize

French Guiana

Mongolia

St Kitts and Nevis

Benin

Gabon

Montserrat

Sudan

Bermuda

Georgia

Namibia

Suriname

Bhutan

Ghana

Nepal

Syria

Bonaire

Grenada

Nicaragua

Tajikistan

Botswana

Guadeloupe

Niger

Tanzania

Brazil

Guatemala

Nigeria

The Bahamas

British Virgin Islands

Guinea

North Korea

The Gambia

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Oman

Togo

Burundi

Guyana

Pakistan

Trinidad and Tobago

Cameroon

Haiti

Panama

Turkmenistan

Canada

Honduras

Qatar

Turks and Caicos Islands

Cape Verde

India

Russian Federation, east of the Ural Mountains

Uganda

Cayman Islands

Iran

Rwanda

United Arab Emirates

Central African Republic

Iraq

Saba

United States (including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)

Chad

Israel

Saint Barthélemy

Uzbekistan

China

Ivory Coast

Saint Lucia

Venezuela

Colombia

Jamaica

Saint Martin

Yemen

Comoros

Jordan

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Zambia

Congo

Kazakhstan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Zimbabwe

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Kenya

Sao Tome and Principe

Costa Rica

Kuwait

Saudi 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.