Taxation Act 1706
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1706 c. 27 |
(6 Ann.) C A P. XXVII.
Most Gracious Sovereign ,
I. W E your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons ofEngland in Parliament assembled, duly considering how necessary it is that a full and ample Provision be made for enabling your Majesty to carry on the present War with Success, and that your Majesty's Supply for that Purpose, and for other your Majesty's necessary and important Occasions, be sufficient and compleat, have cheerfully and unanimously given and granted, and do by this Act give and grant unto your Majesty the Subsidies, Impositions, and Duties herein after mentioned, for the Terms herein after expressed; and do most humbly beseech your Majesty to accept thereof, and that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatthe Subsidies of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Duties and Sums of Money payable upon Wines, Goods and Merchandizes imported, which were given and granted unto his late Majesty King Charles the Second for his Life, by an Act of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of his Reign, (intituled, ) and which by several subsequent Acts of Parliament were continued until the first Day ofAugust one thousand seven hundred and six, and by an Act of the first Year of her Majesty's Reign, intituled, , are granted to continue until the first Day ofAugust one thousand seven hundred and ten, shall by Virtue of this Act, be further continued and be paid and payable to her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, for and upon all Wines, Goods and Merchandizes whatsoever, which shall be imported or brought into the Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , or Town of Berwick upon Tweed , at any Time or Times between the last Day of July one thousand seven hundred and ten and the first Dayof one thousand seven hundred and twelve; and that the said Actmade in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, and every Article, Rule, and Clause therein mentioned, or thereby referred to, shall be of full Force and Effect, for raising, levying, and recovering the said Subsidies and Duties hereby granted and continued, for and upon all Wines, Goods, and Merchandizes imported, and all Arrears thereof, according to the true Meaning of this Act, as fully and in like Manner as if the same were particularly and at large recited and set down in the Body of this Act.
II Acts continued.
II. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That an Act of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of the said King Charles the Second, intituled, ; as also an Act made in the fourteenth Year of the Reign of the said late King Chares the Second, intituled, ; an also an Act made in the two and twentieth Year of the Reign of the said late King Charles the Second, intituled, ; and also one other Act made in the five and twentieth Year of the Reign of the said late King Charles the Second, intituled, ; and also one other Act made in the said five and twentieth Year of the Reign of the said late King Charles the Second, intituled, Greenlandand Eastland Traders, and for the better securing the Plantation Trade ; and also one other Act made in the first Year of the Reign of King James the Second, intituled, ; and one Act made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Third, intituled, ; and another Act of the ninth Year of his Reign, ; and one Act made in the eleventh Year of his Reign, intituled, ; and all Clauses and Directions whatsoever contained therein, or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament now in force concerning the said Subsidy of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of Money upon Merchandize imported, which were granted in the twelfth Yearof the Reign of King Charles the Second as aforesaid, shall be of full Force and Effect until the said first Day ofAugust , which shall be in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve.
III Except Clauses intended to be perpetual.
III. Provided nevertheless, and be it declared and enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be construed or taken to determine any Articles or Clauses in any of the last mentioned Acts, hereby enacted to be in force until the said first Day ofAugust one thousand seven hundred and twelve, which were appointed and intended to be perpetual, or which were continued by any Act of Parliament for any Time which will not expire by or before the said first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and twelve: But that the same, and every of them, shall continue and remain in Force as if this present Act had not been made: But such of the said Acts, and such Clauses in any of them, as would otherwise determine before the said first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and twelve, shall hereby be revived, and stand, continue, and be in Force until the said first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and twelve, and no longer.
IV Duties on Wines and Vinegar, to continue to 1 Aug. 1712.
IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the several Impositions and Duties upon Wines and Vinegar, granted by an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty King James the Second, intituled, Juneone thousand six hundred eighty and five, and the four and twentieth Day of June one thousand six hundred ninety and three ; which said Act, by several subsequent Acts of Parliament, was continued until the first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and six; and by the said Act of the first Year of her Majesty's Reign, intituled, , are granted to continue until the first Day ofAugust one thousand seven hundred and ten; shall by Virtue of this Act, be further continued to her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, from the last Day of July one thousand seven hundred and ten, to the first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and twelve, and no longer; and that the said Act so made in the first Year of the Reign of the said late KingJames the Second, and all Powers, Provisions, Penalties, Articles, and Clauses therein contained, for or concerning the said Impositions on Wines and Vinegar, shall continue and be in full Force and Effect until the said first Day ofAugust one thousand seven hundred and twelve, and shall be applied, practised, and executed for raising, levying, collecting, answering, and paying the said Duties upon Wine and Vinegar, hereby continued, and all Arrears thereof, according to the Tenor and Intent of this present Act, as fully, to all Intents and Purposes, as if all and every the Clauses, Matters, and Things in the said Act of the first Year of the Reign of the said King James the Second contained, had been again repeated in this Act, and particularly enacted.
V Duties on Tobacco continued to 1 Aug. 1712.
V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Rates, Duties, and Impositions upon all Sorts of Tobacco, granted by an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of the said late King James the Second, intituled, Juneone thousand six hundred eighty and five, and the twenty-fourth Day of June one thousand six hundred ninety and three ; which said Act, as for and concerning the said Duties and Impositions upon Tobacco only, by several subsequent Acts of Parliament, was continued until the first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and six, and by the said Act of the first Year of her Majesty's Reign, intituled, , are granted to continue until the first DayofAugust one thousand seven hundred and ten: shall by Virtue of this Act be further continued and paid to her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, from the last Day ofJuly one thousand seven hundred and ten, to the first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and twelve, and no longer.
VI To be levied as by 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 10.
VI. Provided always, and be it enacted and declared by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Duty upon Tobacco, which shall be imported during the Term hereby granted, and all Arrears thereof, shall be secured, collected, raised, levied, answered, and paid to her Majesty, in such Method, and with such Discount and Allowances, and according to such Rules and Directions as are mentioned, referred to, or prescribed as to the Duties or Impositions upon Tobacco, in and by the Act made in the Parliament holden in the seventh and eighth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled,An Act for continuing several Duties granted by former Acts upon Wine, Vinegar, and upon Tobacco, and East India Goods, and other Merchandizes imported, for carrying on the War against France, and not otherwise.
VII Duties on East India Goods, &c. continue to 1 Aug. 1712.
VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the several additional and other Rates Impositions, Duties, and Charges upon the several Sorts of Goods and Merchandizes, granted by an Act made in the second Year of the Reign of King William the Third, and Queen Mary , intituled, East IndiaGoods and Manufactures, and upon all wrought Silks, and several other Goods and Merchandizes, to be imported after the five and twentieth Day of December one thousand six hundred and ninety , and which thereby, and by several subsequent Acts of Parliament were continued until the first Day of August one thousand seven hundred...
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