Orders of the Day — New Clause 16 – in the House of Commons at 10:45 pm on 17 May 1999.
4A—(1) Regulations may make provision for securing that where—
(3) Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision—
(5) Any regulations made in pursuance of subsection (3)(i) above may be framed by reference to—
"business" includes any activity carried on—
(9) If, on any modification of the statutory provisions relating to income tax it appears to the Treasury to be expedient to modify any of the preceding provisions of this section for the purpose of assimilating the law relating to income tax and the law relating to contributions under this Part of this Act, the Treasury may with the concurrence of the Department by order make such modifications of the preceding provisions of this section as the Treasury think appropriate for that purpose." '.—[Mr. Kevin Hughes.]