Background Consultation
10.The work produced by the project has also been subject to public consultation. This has allowed all interested parties an opportunity to comment on draft sections. This consultation is undertaken first through a series of Exposure Drafts which publish sections in draft. The relevant ones for this Act are numbers 3, 5, 7 and 9. They were published in October 1998, April 1999, July 1999 and February 2000 respectively. A draft Act was published for a further consultation in August 2000. Those who responded to one or more of these documents include:
	Alliance & Leicester plc
	Association of British Insurers
	Canary Wharf Ltd
	Brian Chapman
	Chartered Institute of Taxation
	City of London Law Society
	Confederation of British Industry
	Construction Industry Joint Taxation Committee
	Consumers’ Association
	Ernst & Young
	Federation of Small Businesses
	Daron H Gunson
	Holborn Law Society
	Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
	Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
	Institute of Directors
	Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management
	Investment and Tax Publishing Services
	John Jeffrey-Cook
	KPMG
	Law Society of England and Wales
	London Society of Chartered Accountants
	National Farmers Union
	Oil Taxation Action Committee
	Special Committee of Tax Law Consultative Bodies
	United Kingdom Oil Industry Tax Committee
	Yorkshire Water plc
Note: this table excludes those who asked that their responses be treated in confidence.