Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (Number 31 of 2010)
103 Ministerial refund orders.
[VATA s. 20(3)]
(1) [1]>The Minister<[1][1]>Subject to subsection (2A), the Minister<[1] may by order provide that a person who fulfils to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners such conditions as may be specified in the order shall be entitled to be repaid so much, as is specified in the order, of any tax borne or paid by the person as does not qualify for deduction under Chapter 1 of Part 8.
(2) [2]>The Minister<[2][2]>Subject to subsection (2A), the Minister<[2] may by order amend or revoke an order under this section, including an order under this subsection.
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(2A) Where the Minister makes an order under this section, the Minister, in making the order, shall have regard to one or both of the following:
(a) the nature or purpose, including any social purpose, of the goods or services to which the refund the subject of the order relates;
(b) the nature or purpose of the person referred to in subsection (1) in relation to the goods or services to which the refund the subject of the order relates.
(2B) Where the Minister makes an order under this section, the Minister may specify requirements in the order, to be complied with by the person referred to in subsection (1) after the refund the subject of the order has been paid to him or her, relating to—
(a) the carrying out of a review—
(i) at such time, or
(ii) upon the occurrence of such event,
as may be specified in the requirement concerned, to ascertain whether the conditions specified in the order continue to be fulfilled in relation to that person, or in relation to the goods or services to which such refund relates, or both, and
(b) the repayment to the Revenue Commissioners of all or part of such refund, as specified in the requirement concerned, if, following such review, it is ascertained that one or more of those conditions—
(i) is no longer fulfilled, or
(ii) has, at any stage after such refund has been paid to that person, temporarily ceased to be fulfilled.
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(3) An order under this section may, if so expressed, have retrospective effect.
(4) An order under this section shall be laid before Dáil Éireann as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by Dáil Éireann within the next 21 days on which Dáil Éireann has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under it.