
1 
This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Protective Helmets) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001 and shall have effect in relation to supplies made on or after that date.
2 
Group 16 (clothing and footwear) of Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (zero rating) shall be varied in accordance with articles 3 to 6 below.
3 
In item 3 after “motor bicycle” insert “or riding a pedal cycle”.
4 
In Note (4)(b)(i) after “No 89/686/EEC” insert “or to that directive as amended by Council Directives 93/68/EEC of 22nd July 1993, 93/95/EEC of 29th October 1993 and 96/58/EC of 3rd September 1996”.
5 
In Note (4)(b)(ii) after “that directive” insert “, or (as the case may be) that directive as so amended,”.
6 
For Note (4A) there shall be substituted—“
(4A) Item 3 does not apply to a protective helmet unless—
(a) it is of a type that on 30th June 2000 is prescribed by regulations made under section 17 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (types of helmet recommended as affording protection to persons on or in motor cycles from injury in the event of accident); or
(b) it is of a type that—
(i) is manufactured to a standard which satisfies requirements imposed (whether under the law of the United Kingdom or the law of any other member State) for giving effect to Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21st December 1989 as amended by Council Directives 93/68/EEC of 22nd July 1993, 93/95/EEC of 29th October 1993 and 96/58/EC of 3rd September 1996; and
(ii) bears any mark of conformity required by virtue of those directives.”.
Jim Dowd
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
7th March 2001