Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021

Amendment of section 991B of Act of 1997

9. Section 991B of the Act of 1997 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in the definition of “Covid-19 liabilities”, by the substitution of “subsection (14)” for “subsections (14) and (15)”,

(ii) in the definition of “Period 1”, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) ending on 31 December 2021;”,

(iii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Period 2”:

“‘Period 2’, in relation to an employer, means the period beginning on 1 January 2022 and ending on 31 December 2022;”,

(iv) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Period 3”:

“‘Period 3’, in relation to an employer, means the period beginning on 1 January 2023 and ending on the day on which the employer has discharged the Covid-19 liabilities in full.”,

and

(v) by the deletion of the definitions of “recommencement date” and “taxable period”,

(b) in subsection (14), by the insertion of “or annually” after “quarterly”, and

(c) by the deletion of subsections (15) and (16).