Finance Act, 1970

Short title, construction and commencement.

62.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Finance Act, 1970.

(2) Chapter I of Part I and (so far as relating to income tax, including sur-tax) Chapter II of Part I , and sections 57 to 59 of this Act shall be construed together with the Income Tax Acts.

(3) So far as relating to corporation profits tax, Chapter II of Part I and sections 57 to 59 of this Act shall be construed together with Part V of the Finance Act, 1920 , and the enactments amending or extending that Part.

(4) Part II of this Act, so far as it relates to customs, shall be construed together with the Customs Acts and, so far as it relates to duties of excise, shall be construed together with the Statutes which relate to the duties of excise and the management of those duties.

(5) Part IV of this Act shall be construed together with the Stamp Act, 1891, and the enactments amending or extending that Act.

(6) Part V of this Act shall be construed together with Part VI of the Finance Act, 1963 , and the enactments amending or extending that Part.

(7) Part I and sections 57 to 59 of this Act shall, save as is otherwise expressly provided therein, be deemed to have come into force and shall take effect as on and from the 6th day of April, 1970.

(8) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.