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Finance Act 1974

1974 CHAPTER 30

An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.

[31st July 1974]X1X2

Editorial Information

X1EDITORIAL NOTE Reconstituted split Act. The following sections were split among the following SIF groups: ss. 2, 57(1)(3)(a)(4)(5) group 12 (Betting, Gaming and Lotteries); ss. 6, 54, 57(1)(4) group 40 (Customs and Excise); ss. 7-48, 51, 52, 57(1)(2)(3)(b)(c)(4)-(6), Schs. 1-10, Sch. 12 paras. 9-12, Sch. 14 Pts. I, II, VI, VII group 63 (Income, Corporation and Capital Gains Taxes); 49, 57(1)(3)-(5), Sch. 11 group 144 (Stamp Duty); ss. 50, 57(1)(4) group 107(2) (Road Traffic) ; ss. 55, 57(4) group 107(1) (Road Taffic). This Act is presented, in the main, in the form in which it appears in the 1988 edition of The Taxes Acts edited by the Inland Revenue and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (any references in footnotes etc. to Vol. 1, 2 etc. are to the Volumes of that edition). The style of editing differs from that applicable to most Acts published in Statutes in Force.

X2General amendments to Tax Acts, Income Tax Acts, and/or Corporation Tax Acts made by legislation after 1.2.1991 are noted against Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1) but not against each Act

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1General amendments etc. to Tax Acts (or Income Tax Acts or Corporation Tax Acts as the case may be) made by Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9, SIF 63:1), s. 41A(7) (as added by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 95(1)(2), British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), s. 82(2)(7); Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 72(3); Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 63:1), ss. 82(6), 85(2), 89(1)(7), 96(1)(7), 98(7), Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(9), Sch. 16 paras. 6, 12 and Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 72(1), 74(5), Sch. 23 para. 15(4), S.I. 1987/530, regs. 11(2), 13(1), 14, Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), ss. 4, 6, 7, 9, 32, 34, 78, 134, 135, 141, 142, 185, 191, 193, 194, 195, 200, 203, 209, 212, 213, 219, 247, 253, 272, 287, 314, 315, 317, 318, 325, 326, 327, 345, 350, 351, 368, 375, 381, 397, 414, 432, 440, 442, 446, 458, 460, 461, 463, 463(2)(3) (as added by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 50(2) ), 468, 474, 475, 486, 490, 491, 503, 511, 518, 524, 532, 544, 550, 556, 558, 569, 572, 582, 595, 601, 613, 617, 619, 621, 639, 656, 660, 663, 676, 689, 691, 694, 700, 701, 714, 716, 739, 743, 754, 763, 776, 780, 781, 782, 787, 789, 811, 828, 829, 832, 833, 834, 835, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, Sch. 2 para. 5, Sch. 4 para. 5, Sch. 13 para. 10, Sch. 16 para. 10, Sch. 21 para. 6, Sch. 26 para. 1, Sch. 27 para. 20, Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 63:1), ss. 66, 127(1)(6), Sch. 12 para. 6, Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), ss. 28(1), 68(8), 74, 82, 83(5), 148(5), 163(4), 164(2), S.I. 1990/627 and Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 25(10)

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent, partly retrospective, see individual sections; all provisions so far as unrepealed wholly in force at. 1.2.1991

PART IU.K. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND VALUE ADDED TAX

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2 Increase of certain duties on betting.U.K.

F2(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3(2)For the purposes of pool betting duty on bets made at any time by reference to any event taking place after 31st March 1974, section 7(1) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972 and section 18(1) of the Miscellaneous Transferred Excise Duties Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (under which the amount of the duty is 33⅓ per cent. of the amount on which the duty falls to be computed) shall each have effect with the substitution for the words “33⅓ per cent.” of the words “ 40 per cent. ”, except in the of bets made by way of pool betting in respect of a competition prize held by—

(a)the holder of a licence under the M1Pool Competitions Act 1971, or

(b)any person approved by the Secretary of State in that behalf on the recommendation of the Gaming Board for Great Britain,

in respect of which the amount of the pool betting duty shall be 33⅓ per cent.]

Textual Amendments

F3S. 2(2) repealed (E.W.S) by Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (c. 63, SIF 12:2), s. 34(2), Sch. 7 and repealed (as it remains in force in relation to Northern Ireland) on the day appointed for the coming into operation of Pt. II of S. I. 1985/1204 (which Part II was brought into operation in part on 1.6.1986 and 1.6.1987 by S.R.s 1986/124, 1987/185 and as to its residue remains (prosp.) by Finance Act 1986 (c. 41, SIF 12:2), ss. 6(3)(5), 114(6), Sch. 23 Pt. III Notes (a)(b)

Marginal Citations

F43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

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PART IIU.K. INCOME TAX, CORPORATION TAX AND CAPITAL GAINS TAX (GENERAL)

F87–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F917. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F9S. 17 repealed by Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1), SIF 63:1), ss. 82, 164(4)(5), Sch. 2

F1018–20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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F1222, 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F1324 Returns of persons treated as employees.U.K.

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F1425–28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F1529. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F15S. 29 repealed (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1) of the repealing Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 12 (with s. 201(3), Sch. 11 paras. 22, 26(2), 27)

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F1731–33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F1834. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

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Textual Amendments

F19S. 35 repealed by Finance Act 1980 (c. 48), s. 122, Sch. 20 Part VIII with effect for accounting periods ending after 26 March 1980.

F2036, 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

PART IIIU.K.F21 CAPITAL GAINS FROM LAND

Textual Amendments

F21Ss. 38–47 repealed Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6), Sch.27 Part X in relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19 March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), but without affecting the construction of Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) Sch.5 para. 9(5).

CHAPTER IU.K.F22 DEVELOPMENT GAINS FROM LAND

Textual Amendments

F22 SeeDevelopment Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 35—Development Land Tax—which terminates, subject to ss. 36, 37and 38(3),the taxation of development gains accruing on and after 1August 1976. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X. Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 93(6)abolished with effect from 19March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), .

[F2338Certain development gains from land to be taxed as income.U.K.

(1)This section applies to any disposal of any interest in land situated in the United Kingdom which is made after 17th December 1973.

(2)Where a gain accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest in land to which this section applies, so much (if any) of the gain as by virtue of this Chapter is a development gain shall be treated for all the purposes of the Tax Acts as income arising at the time of the disposal and as constituting profits or gains chargeable to tax under Case VI of Schedule D for the chargeable period in which the disposal is made, and (except for the purpose of computing the development gain, if any, accruing in respect of the disposal) shall not be a chargeable gain F24.

(3)Where a chargeable gain accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest in land to which this section applies, then, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the development gain accruing to him in respect of that disposal shall be equal to whichever is the least of the following amounts (computed in accordance with any relevant provisions of this Chapter), that is to say—

(a)the net proceeds of the disposal reduced by an amount equal to 120 per cent. of the total sum that is by virtue of [F25section 32(1)(a) and (b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F25] allowable as a deduction from the consideration for the disposal in computing the chargeable gain;

(b)the net proceeds of the disposal reduced by an amount equal to 110 per cent. of the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal; and

(c)the amount of the chargeable gain reduced by the amount (if any) by which the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal exceeds the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or, if the interest was acquired by him before 6th April 1965, its current use value at that date.

(4)Schedule 3to this Act shall have effect for interpreting and supplementing this section, which is there referred to as the principal section.

(5)This section shall have effect subject to the transitional provisions in Schedule 4 to this Act F26.]

Textual Amendments

F23Ss. 38–47 repealed Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6), Sch.27 Part X in relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19 March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), but without affecting the construction of Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) Sch.5 para. 9(5).

F25Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F26 See 1975 (No.2) s. 55(3)as to computation of chargeable gains in respect of agricultural property.

39Exemption or relief for small disposals.U.K.

[F27(1)Where the amount of chargeable gains that would, apart from this subsection, be a person’s development gains for any chargeable period does not exceed

(a)in the case of an individual or the personal representatives of a deceased person as such, £10,000; or

(b)in the case of a company or the trustees of a settlement, £1,000,

no part of those chargeable gains shall be development gains; and where that amount exceeds the limit applicable to that person under paragraph (a) or (b) above only so much of that amount as exceeds the limit shall be development gains.

(2)For the purposes of this section a man and his wife living with him shall be treated as one individual F27.]

(4)Where two or more persons carry on a trade or business in partnership, then, for the purposes of this section

(a)notwithstanding [F28section 60(b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F28] the firm shall be treated as a single individual, and all disposals of partnership assets by the firm shall be treated as made by that individual;

(b)a change in the persons carrying on the trade or business shall be disregarded if, assuming an election under section 154(2) of the Taxes Act to have been duly made, the trade or business would not by virtue of section 154(1) of that Act be treated as discontinued by reason of the change; and

(c)for any year of assessment in or in part of which a company is a member of the partnership, [F27subsection (1) above]F27, shall apply as if in paragraph (a) above for the words “a single individual” and “that individual” there were substituted respectively the words “a company” and “that company”.

F29(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F27By Finance Act 1976 (c. 40), s. 129. 1974 s. 39(1)to (3) is replaced by subss. (1)and (2)with respect to gains after 17December 1973.

F28Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F29S. 39(5) repealed by Finance Act 1976 (c. 40, SIF 63:1, 2), ss. 129, 132, Sch. 15 Part VII with respect to gains after 17 December 1973.

40 Development losses.U.K.

(1)This section applies to any disposal of any interest in land situated in the United Kingdom which is made after 17th December 1973.

(2)Where in any chargeable period a loss accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest in land to which this section applies, he may, by notice in writing given within two years after the end of that period, make a claim for relief from tax by reference to the amount of any development loss accruing to him in respect of the disposal.

(3)If, but only if, a claim under subsection (2) above is made in respect of a disposal to which this section applies, then, subject to the provisions of Schedule 6 to this Act

(a)so much (if any) of the loss accruing on the disposal as by virtue of this Chapter is a development loss shall be treated as a loss to which section 176 or, as the case may be, section 179of the Taxes Act (Case VI losses), applies, and (except for the purpose of computing the development loss, if any, accruing in respect of the disposal) shall not be an allowable loss within the meaning of[F30the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F30]; and

(b)the said section 176 or 179 shall apply to any development loss accruing in respect of the disposal as if a claim under that section had been duly made with regard to it.

(4)Where an allowable loss accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest in land to which this section applies and a claim under subsection (2) above is made in respect of that disposal, then, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the development loss accruing to him in respect of that disposal shall be equal to the amount of the allowable loss reduced by the amount (if any) by which the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal is less than the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or, if the interest was acquired by him before 6th April 1965, its current use value at that date.

(5)Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect for supplementing this section.

(6)Without prejudice to subsection (3) of section 41 or subsection (3) of section 42 of this Act, nothing in either of those sections shall be taken to extend the application of this sectionF31.

Textual Amendments

F31 See 1975 (No.2) s. 55(4)as to computation of chargeable gains in respect of agricultural property.

41 Disposals of interests in land effected indirectly.U.K.

(1)Where after 17th December 1973 a person disposes of shares in a company (“the said company”) and immediately before the disposal either

(a)the said company is or has control of a land-owning company, and is a close company in which he has a material interest; or

(b)the said company, or a company of which it has control, has a material interest in a land-owning company which is a close company, and the said company is one of which he has control or of which he and persons connected with him have control,

the disposal shall be deemed to be a disposal of an interest in land to which section 38 of this Act applies.

(2)Where a chargeable gain accrues to a person on a disposal of shares in a company to which the preceding subsection applies, then, subject to the provisions of section 39 of this Act and this section, the development gain accruing to him in respect of the disposal shall be equal to that chargeable gain.

(3)Where, apart from this subsection, a development gain would by virtue of the preceding provisions of this section accrue to a person in respect of a disposal of shares in a company, then

(a)a development gain shall not accrue to him in respect of the disposal unless an excess of development gains over development losses would have accrued to the company, being a land-owning company, or to a land-owning company mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, of subsection (1) above, on the company disposing of its relevant land at market value at the time of his disposal and any such land-owning company disposing likewise of the relevant land of that company; and

(b)the development gain accruing to him in respect of the disposal shall not exceed one-half of the excess of the total development gains over the total development losses that would have accrued as mentioned in paragraph (a) above, or one-half of such part of that excess as is attributable to the shares disposed of by him.

If a claim under section 40(2) of this Act could have been made in respect of any disposal which is to be assumed for the purposes of this subsection, that claim shall for those purposes be assumed to have been made.

(4)Where a person disposes of shares in a company (“the said company”) in circumstances such that subsection (1) above would apply to the disposal if the said company or, as the case may be, a land-owning company mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection had been a close company at the material time (that is to say, immediately before the disposal), then, if the said company or that land-owning company was not resident in the United Kingdom at that time but would have been a close company at that time if it had been so resident, this Chapter shall apply in relation to the disposal as if the said company or, as the case may be, the land-owning company had been resident in the United Kingdom at that time.

(5)Where a person disposes of shares in a company (“the said company”) in a case falling within subsection (1)(a) above and at the material time (that is to say, immediately before the disposal) the said company had control of a land-owning company which, because it was not resident in the United Kingdom, was not a close company, then this Chapter shall apply in relation to the disposal as if that land-owning company had been resident in the United Kingdom at that time.

(6)For the purposes of this section

(a)land-owning company” means a company that owns relevant land to a value exceeding three-quarters of the net value of all its assets (that is to say, their value less the value of the debts and liabilities of the company);

(b)subject to subsection (11) below, a person has a material interest in a company if under subsection (6) of section 285 of the Taxes Act he would have a material interest in it . . . F32 if in the said subsection (6) for “5 per cent.”, in both places, there were substituted “10 per cent.”;

(c)an unauthorised unit trust which owns relevant land to a value exceeding three-quarters of the net value of all its assets (that is to say, their value less the value of the debts and liabilities of the unit trust) shall be treated as if it were both a land-owning company and a close company;

(d)the part attributable to any shares in a company of the amount of an excess of total development gains over total development losses shall be the sum which that amount would add to the distributions made in respect of those shares in a winding-up of the company if the amount represented assets of the company, and if apart from that amount the assets of the company were enough, and no more than enough, to ensure the satisfaction of its liabilities (including the return of share capital), and the part of any such amount which is directly or indirectly attributable under this paragraph to shares held by a company shall (so far as is necessary for the determination of any question as to the tax chargeable in consequence of this section) be apportioned by the like method between the shares in that company to arrive at the part attributable to any of those shares.

In its application by virtue of [F33section 93of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F33] to an unauthorised unit trust, paragraph (d) above shall have effect with any necessary modifications.

(7)For the purposes of this and the preceding subsection

(a) “relevant land” (subject to subsections (8) to (10) below) means any interest in land situated in the United Kingdom, other than an interest held as a trading stock;

(b)the value of the relevant land of a company or unauthorised unit trust shall be taken to be its value free of any liability charged or secured thereon;

(c)a company or unauthorised unit trust shall be treated as owning any interest in land which it has unconditionally contracted to acquire, but not as owning any interest in land which it has unconditionally contracted to dispose of;

(d)value”, in relation to the relevant land of a company or unauthorised unit trust, means market value;

(e)the net value of the assets of a company other than a unit trust scheme is the net value they would have on a sale in the open market of the business of the company as a going concern; and

(f)an interest under a settlement shall be treated as an interest in land situated in the United Kingdom if a disposal thereof would fall within section 42(1) of this Act.

(8)The interest of a company in any building or part of a building

(a)which the company occupies and uses for the purposes only of a trade carried on by it (other than a trade of providing services for the occupier of land in which the company has an interest); or

(b)which, in a case where the company is a member of a group of companies, some other member of the group occupies and uses for the purposes only of a trade carried on by that other member (other than a trade of providing services for the occupier of land in which any member of the group has an interest),

shall not be relevant land in relation to the company for the purposes of subsections (6) and (7) above, nor shall its interest in the site of any such building or part of a building (including in the site any land in the immediate vicinity of the building which the company or, as the case may be, that other member of the group occupies for purposes ancillary to its occupation and use of the building or part of a building).

(9)If, in the case of a building or part of a building in which a company has an interest, it is established to the satisfaction of the inspector or, on appeal, of the Commissioners concerned that the company or, in a case where the company is a member of a group of companies, some other member of the group intends within three years of the relevant disposal of shares to occupy and use that building or part as mentioned in paragraph (a) or, as the case may be, paragraph (b) of the preceding subsection, that paragraph shall have effect as if the company were so occupying that building or part.

(10)Subsections (8) and (9) above

(a)shall apply in relation to any permanent or semi-permanent structure in the nature of a building as they apply in relation to a building; and

(b)shall apply in relation to the discharge of the functions of a public authority, and to the occupation of woodlands where the woodlands are managed by the occupier on a commercial basis and with a view to the realisation of profits, as they apply in relation to a trade;

and section 272 of the Taxes Act (groups of companies: definitions) shall apply for the purposes of those subsections as it applies for the purposes of sections 273 to 281 of that Act.

(11)In the case of a close company (within the meaning of this Chapter) which for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts is not a close company because it falls within section 282(4) or 283 of the Taxes Act, subsection (6)(b) above shall, except in relation to an excepted person, have effect as if for “ “10 per cent.”” there were substituted “ “20 per cent.””.

(12)In the preceding subsection “excepted person”, in relation to a company, means any of the following, namely

(a)any director or associate of a director of the company; or

(b)any company which is under the control of any such director or associate, or of two or more persons each of whom is such a director or associate; or

(c)any associated company of the company; or

(d)the trustees of any fund the capital or income of which is applicable or applied wholly or mainly for the benefit of, or of the dependants of, the employees or directors, or past employees or directors, of the company, or of any company within paragraph (b) or (c) above.

Expressions used in this subsection and in subsection (5) of section 283 of the Taxes Act have the same meaning in this subsection as in that.

(13)A disposal of an interest in shares in a company which under [F34section 72of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F34] (capital distributions by companies) a person is treated as having made in consideration of a capital distribution from the company in the form of an interest in land shall be disregarded for the purposes of this section if the distribution is made or due in respect of share capital in the course of a dissolution or winding-up of the company.

Textual Amendments

F32Words repealed by Finance Act 1980 (c. 48), s. 122, Sch.20 Part VIII with effect for accounting periods ending after 26 March 1980.

F33Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F34Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

42 Disposals of interests in settled property.U.K.

(1)Where after 17th December 1973 a person disposes of an interest under a settlement which immediately before the disposal is a land settlement, the disposal shall be deemed to be a disposal of an interest in land to which section 38 of this Act applies.

(2)Where a chargeable gain accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest under a settlement to which the preceding subsection applies, then, subject to the provisions of section 39 of this Act and this section, the development gain accruing to him in respect of the disposal shall be equal to that chargeable gain.

(3)Where, apart from this subsection, a development gain would by virtue of the preceding provisions of this section accrue to a person in respect of a disposal of an interest under a settlement then

(a)a development gain shall not accrue to him in respect of the disposal unless an excess of development gains over development losses would have accrued to the trustees of the settlement on their disposing of the relevant land comprised in the settled property at market value at the time of his disposal; and

(b)the development gain accruing to him in respect of the disposal shall not exceed the amount (if any) by which the market value of the interest at that time exceeds what its market value would then have been if the value of the relevant land then comprised in the settled property had been equal to the actual value of that relevant land at that time reduced by one-half of the excess of development gains over development losses that would have accrued as mentioned in paragraph (a) above.

If a claim under section 40(2) of this Act could have been made in respect of any disposal which is to be assumed for the purposes of this subsection, that claim shall for those purposes be assumed to have been made.

(4)Where a gain accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest under a settlement which immediately before the disposal is a land settlement and

(a)[F35section 58(1)of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F35] (exemption for gains accruing on disposals of interests under settlements) would, apart from this subsection, apply to that gain; and

(b)immediately before the disposal it was the case that under the terms of the settlement the person making the disposal would or might become absolutely entitled to all or any part of the settled property as against the trustee,

then the development gain accruing to him in respect of that disposal shall first be computed as if the [said section 58(1) F36] did not so apply, and the[F36said section 58(1) F36] shall then apply to so much, if any, of the gain as is not by virtue of this Chapter a development gain.

(5)Where by virtue of [F36section 58(2) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F36] a person who has acquired an interest in settled property is treated as disposing of the interest on the occasion of his becoming, as the holder of that interest, absolutely entitled to any settled property as against the trustee, then

(a)subsection (4) above shall not apply in the case of that disposal if the trustee is chargeable to tax on that occasion by virtue of[F36section 54(1)of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F36](settled property); and

(b)where the preceding paragraph would apply if the trustee were resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, then, if any beneficiary under the settlement is by virtue of [F36section 17 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F36] (non-resident trusts) treated as if the whole or part of the relevant amount had been development gains accruing to that beneficiary, the development gain accruing to the first-mentioned person in respect of the said disposal shall not exceed the difference between what that development gain would be apart from this paragraph and the relevant fraction of what that development gain would be apart from this paragraph.

(6)For the purposes of this and the preceding subsection

(a)the relevant amount” means the amount on which the trustee of the settlement mentioned in that subsection would have been chargeable to income tax in respect of development gains by virtue of section 38(2) of this Act as mentioned in subsection (2) of the said [section 17 F36];

(b)the relevant fraction” means the fraction of which the numerator is equal to so much of the relevant amount as is by virtue of subsection (2) of the said[F36section 17 F36] treated as development gains accruing to beneficiaries under the said settlement, and the denominator is the relevant amount; and

(c)references to the said [section 17 F37]are references to that section as it has effect in relation to development gains by virtue of paragraph 3of Schedule 8to this Act.

(7)Where, in a case to which subsection (4) above applies, a person having an interest in settled property is charged to tax in respect of a development gain accruing to him by virtue of this section, then, for the purposes of the computation under[F37Chapter II of Part II of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F37] of the gain accruing to the trustees of the settlement on a disposal of all or any part of the relevant land which was comprised in the settled property immediately before the disposal in respect of which that development gain accrued to him,[F37section 32(1)(a) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F37] (computation of chargeable gains: allowable expenditure) shall apply

(a)as if a sum equal to the amount of that development gain formed part of the consideration given by the trustees for the acquisition of the relevant land which was so comprised in the settled property; and

(b)if the relevant land which was so comprised in the settled property consisted of more than one interest in land, as if such proportion of that sum as is just and reasonable formed part of the consideration given by the trustees for the acquisition of each of those interests.

(8)For the purposes of this section

(a)a settlement is a “land settlement” if the settled property comprises relevant land to a value exceeding three-quarters of the net value of all the settled property (that is to say, its value less the value of any debts or liabilities of the trustees in their capacity as such); and

(b)value”, in relation to any settled property, means market value.

(9)For the purposes of this and the preceding subsection

(a)relevant land (subject to subsection (10) below) means any interest in land situated in the United Kingdom, other than an interest held as trading stock;

(b)the value of the relevant land comprised in settled property shall be taken to be its value free of any liability charged or secured thereon;

(c)the net value of the assets of any business comprised in settled property shall be taken to be the net value they would have on a sale in the open market of the business as a going concern;

(d)the settled property comprised in a settlement shall be treated as including any interest in land which the trustees in their capacity as such have unconditionally contracted to acquire, but not as including any interest in land which the trustees in that capacity have unconditionally contracted to dispose of; and

(e)shares in a company shall be treated as an interest in land situated in the United Kingdom if a disposal thereof would fall within section 41(1) of this Act.

(10)Subsections (8) to (10) of section 41 of this Act, except paragraph (b) of subsection (8) and so much of subsection (9) as refers to, or relates to the case mentioned in, that paragraph, shall apply for the purposes of subsections (8) and (9) above as they apply for the purposes of subsections (6) and (7) of that section, subject to the modification that for references to a company there shall be substituted references to the trustees of settled property in their capacity as such.

Textual Amendments

F35Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F36Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F37Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

43 Special rates of charge for development gains accruing to trustees, personal representatives or unit trust schemes.U.K.

(1)Income arising in a year of assessment by virtue of section 38(2) of this Act to trustees or to the personal representatives of a deceased person as such or to an unauthorised unit trust shall (unless chargeable to income tax under any of the following provisions of this section) be chargeable to income tax at a rate equal to the sum of the basic rate and the additional rateF38for that year.F39. . .

F40(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F40S. 43(2) repealed by 1980 s.122and Sch.20 Part Xwith effect in relation to disposals after 31March 1980.)

44 SupplementaryU.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Chapter

  • authorised unit trust” has the meaning given by section 358 of the Taxes Act, and “unauthorised unit trust” means a unit trust scheme which is not an authorised unit trust;

  • chargeable period” means an accounting period of a company or a year of assessment;

  • close company”, except for the purposes of Schedule 7 to this Act, has the meaning given by subsections (1) to (3) (disregarding (1)(d) of section 282 of the Taxes Act, and (except as aforesaid) the exceptions made by subsections (4) and (5) of that section and section 283 of that Act shall not apply;

  • interest in land” means any estate or interest in land, any right in or over land or affecting the use or disposition of land, and any right to obtain such an estate, interest or right from another which is conditional on that other’s ability to grant the estate, interest or right in question, except that it does not include the interest of a creditor (other than a creditor in respect of a rentcharge) whose debt is secured by way of a mortgage, an agreement for a mortgage or a charge of any kind over land, or, in Scotland, the interest of a creditor in a charge or security of any kind over landF41;

  • land” includes buildings;

  • securities” includes securities as defined in [F42section 82of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F42] except that it does not include a security for a normal commercial loan as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the Finance Act 1973;

  • shares”does not include fixed-rate preference shares as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the Finance Act 1973, but includes securities (as well as, by virtue of[F42section 64(1) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F42] stock) and, in relation to a company not limited by shares (whether or not it has a share capital), also includes the interest of a member of the company as such, whatever the form of that interest, and this Chapter shall apply in relation to any disposal of rights attached to or forming part of a share as if the rights included in the disposal and those not included were separate shares;

  • unit trust scheme” means a unit trust scheme as defined in section 26(1) of the M2Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958,or, for Northern Ireland, in section 22(1) of the M3Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act (Northern Ireland) 1940.

(2)In this Chapter references to the net proceeds of a disposal of an interest in land to which section 38 of this Act applies are . . . F43) references to the amount which, in the computation of the chargeable gain accruing on the disposal, falls to be taken as the consideration, less any sum allowable in that computation as a deduction on account of the incidental costs to the person making the disposal of making it.

(3)Where a person disposing of an interest in land acquired it in circumstances such that, by virtue of any enactment, he and the person from whom he acquired it (“the previous disposer”) fall to be treated as if the acquisition were for a consideration of such amount as would secure that on the disposal under which he acquired it neither a gain nor a loss would accrue to the previous disposer, any reference in this Chapter to the acquisition of the interest by the person making the disposal shall be construed as a reference to its acquisition by the previous disposer, or, if the previous disposer himself acquired it in such circumstances as aforesaid, as a reference to its acquisition by the person from whom the previous disposer acquired it (and likewise for any number of previous acquisitions of the interest each made in the like circumstances).

(4)Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the treatment of development gains under the Tax Acts; and the enactments relating to the taxation of capital gains shall have effect subject to the provisions of Schedule 8 to this Act (being provisions for adapting or amending those enactments in connection with this Chapter).

(5)This Chapter shall be deemed to have come into force on 18th December 1973.

Textual Amendments

F41 See Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) Sch.5 para. 9(5)—definition applied.

F42Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F43Words repealed by Finance Act 1976 (c. 40), s. 132, Sch.15 Part VII with respect to gains after 17 December 1973.

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CHAPTER IIU.K. FIRST LETTING OR OCCUPATION OF BUILDING AFTER MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT

45 Charge to tax: first letting or occupation of building after material development.U.K.

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section and Schedule 9 to this Act, where after 17th December 1973 a chargeable building is first let or occupied to a material extent after the commencement of the relevant development, any person who on the material date has an interest in the relevant land shall be deemed for the purposes of[F44the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F44] and Chapter I of this Part of this Act to have on that date disposed of and immediately reacquired that interest for a consideration equal to its market valueF45F46.

(2)For the purposes of this Chapter a chargeable building is first let or occupied to a material extent after the commencement of the relevant development on the first occasion thereafter on which either

(a)the floor area of the part or parts let under one or more leases granted after the commencement of that development; or

(b)the floor area of the part or parts occupied as of right otherwise than under any lease so granted (whether or not the occupation began before the commencement of that development); or

(c)the aggregate of the floor area of the part or parts let as aforesaid and the floor area of the part or parts occupied as aforesaid,

is more than 25 per cent. of what was or is the floor area of the whole chargeable building on the date on which the relevant development was or is substantially completed.

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in the case of a chargeable building which was wholly or partly let or occupied before 18th December 1973 if at any time before that date either

(a)the floor area of the part or parts let under one or more leases granted after the commencement of the relevant development; or

(b)the floor area of the part or parts occupied as of right otherwise than under any lease so granted; or

(c)the aggregate of the floor area of the part or parts let as aforesaid and the floor area of the part or parts occupied as aforesaid,

was more than 25 per cent. of what was or is the floor area of the whole chargeable building on the date on which the relevant development was or is substantially completed.

For the purposes of this subsection a building or part of a building shall not be treated as let at a particular time unless it was then let under a lease granted by an instrument executed before that time.

(4)Schedule 9 to this Act shall have effect for supplementing this section.

Textual Amendments

F45 See 1972 Sch.16 para.14A—legal restrictions on distributions not to affect amount of close company's income apportionable to participators so far as attributable to development gains on disposal deemed to have been made by virtue of s. 45(1).

F46 See also Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 38—Development Land Tax—termination of liability to first letting charge on developments begun on or after 18May 1976. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X.

46Interpretation, etc.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter

  • chargeable building” has the meaning given by subsections (3) to (5) belowF47;

  • interest in land” and “land” have the same meaning as in Chapter I of this Part of this Act;

  • lease” includes an underlease, sublease or tenancy, and “lessor”, “lessee”, “let” and “rent” shall be construed accordingly;

  • material development” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to this Act;

  • the material date”, in relation to a chargeable building which after 17th December 1973 is first let or occupied to a material extent after the commencement of the relevant development, means the later of the following dates, namely the date after 17th December 1973 on which the chargeable building was first let or occupied as aforesaid and the date on which the relevant development is substantially completed;

  • the relevant development”, in relation to a chargeable building, means the material development from which the building has resulted or of which it has been the subject, so far as that development directly concerns that building F47;

  • the relevant land”, in relation to a chargeable building, means the chargeable building and its site (including in the site, subject to subsection (6) below, any land occupied for purposes ancillary to the use of the chargeable building).

(2)For the purposes of this Chapter a person shall be treated as occupying land if, but only if, his occupation of it is or, but for any exemption from rates which he enjoys, would be such as to render him or some other person liable to be assessed to rates in respect thereof under the law relating to rating in the part of the United Kingdom in which the land is situated, and references to occupation shall be construed accordingly.

(3)Subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, every separate building in the United Kingdom that has resulted from or been the subject of material development (whenever carried out) shall be a chargeable building for the purposes of this Chapter, except that for those purposes

(a)a separate building constructed or adapted for use wholly as one or more private dwellings shall not be a chargeable building; and

(b)a separate building constructed or adapted for use only partly as one or more private dwellings shall be a chargeable building but shall be deemed not to include any part constructed or adapted for use as a private dwelling.

(4)For the purposes of the preceding subsection a building which is physically connected with another building

(a)shall, although so connected, be treated as a separate building if it is so constructed as to be capable of remaining in position and being used independently of the other building or as to require only minor modification to render it so capable; and

(b)shall not be treated as other than a separate building merely because it is so connected with the other building at or below ground level or by means of a bridge or similar structure (whether affording access or accommodation or both).

(5)Where

(a)subsection (1) of section 45 of this Act has operated in the case of a chargeable building or would have so operated if that section had been enacted and come into force before the commencement of the relevant development, and had been so enacted with the omission of subsection (3) and of the words “after 17th December 1973” in subsection (1); and

(b)after the material date there is carried out in relation to that building further material development which, apart from this subsection, would make the said subsection (1) liable to operate as regards the whole of any chargeable building (“the resulting chargeable building”) consisting of or including the whole or part of the first-mentioned chargeable building; and

(c)one or more parts, but not the whole, of the resulting chargeable building has or have directly resulted from or been directly the subject of the further material development,

then, without prejudice to subsection (3)(a) and (b) above, the resulting chargeable building shall for the purposes of this Chapter be deemed not to include any part which has not directly resulted from or been directly the subject of the further material development.

(6)Where land is occupied for purposes ancillary to the use of two or more chargeable buildings, it shall for the purposes of this Chapter be apportioned between those buildings in a fair and reasonable manner; and so much of the land as is apportioned to any one chargeable building shall for those purposes be taken to form part of the site of that, and of no other, chargeable building.

(7)For the purposes of this Chapter “floor area” means gross floor area as ascertained by external measurement; and where different parts of a building are separately let or occupied, floor space used in common shall be apportioned rateably.

(8)In relation to a chargeable building, references in this Chapter to the commencement of the relevant development are references to the date on which that development was begun, determined in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to this Act.

(9)Where a lease of land is granted for a term commencing later than the date of the grant, the land shall for the purposes of this Chapter not be taken to become let under that lease until the commencement of the term.

(10)This Chapter shall be deemed to have come into force on 18th December 1973 F48.

Textual Amendments

F47 See Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 38—Development Land Tax—definition applied. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X.

F48S. 51 repealed by Finance Act 1975 (c. 7, SIF 63:1), s. 59(5), Sch.13 Parts I, II in relation to disposals after 26 March 1974.

CHAPTER IIIU.K. OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT CAPITAL GAINS FROM LAND

[F4947 Matters arising out of Chapters I and II of this Part.U.K.

Schedule 10 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the payment and recovery of tax payable by virtue of Chapter I or II of this Part, the obtaining of information for purposes of those Chapters, and other matters arising out of those Chapters.]

Textual Amendments

F49Ss. 38–47 repealed Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6), Sch.27 Part X in relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19 March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), but without affecting the construction of Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) Sch.5 para. 9(5).

F5048. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

PART IVU.K. MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

F5149. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F51S. 49 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 Pt. V(2) notes 1, 2 of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. V(2)

F5250 Vehicle excise duty-disabled persons.U.K.

In section 7 of the Finance Act 1971 for the words “specifically and extensively adapted” there shall be substituted the word “suitable” and the words from “conspicuous” to “and where” shall be omitted.

F5351. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F53S. 51 repealed by Finance Act 1975 (c. 7, SIF 63:1), s. 59(5), Sch.13 Parts I, II in relation to disposals after 26 March 1974.

F5452. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F54S. 52 repealed by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), ss. 127(3), 132, Sh. 18 para. 2, Sch. 19 Pt. IV, Note 2.

F5553. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

54Grants towards duty charged on bus fuel.U.K.

[F56(1)In relation to fuel used in operating any bus service on or after 12th February 1974, subsection (2) of section 92 of the M4 Finance Act 1965 shall have effect as if for the words from “but” onwards (which specify the maximum amount of any grant under subsection (1) of that section by the Secretary of State to the operator of a bus service towards defraying customs or excise duties charged on bus fuel) there were substituted (instead of the words substituted by section 33(1) of the M5 Transport Act 1968) the words “but the amount of a grant shall not exceed such sum for every gallon of fuel used or estimated to have been used in operating the bus service during the period to which the grant relates as the Treasury may from time to time approve, being a sum not greater than the rate per gallon of the duty of excise chargeable on hydrocarbon oil produced in the United Kingdom at the date of use of the fuel, including any addition to that duty by virtue of an o\rder under section 9 of the M6 Finance Act 1961.”.

(2)The preceding subsection shall be deemed to have come into operation on 12th February 1974.

(3)The preceding provisions of this section shall not extend to Northern Ireland, but it is hereby declared that for the purposes of the M7Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 a provision for purposes similar to the purposes of those provisions is not a provision dealing with an excepted matter.]

Textual Amendments

F56S. 54 repealed (1.5.2002 for E. and 14.8.2002 for W. and otherwise prosp.) by Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), ss. 274, 275(1), Sch. 31 Pt. II; S.I. 2002/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 3); S.I. 2002/2024, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

55 Power to authorise amendment of taxi fare byelaws.E+W+S

F57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

56 Trustee savings banks—special investments. U.K.

In section 18(1) of the M8 Trustee Savings Banks Act 1969 (which provides that a special investment may be made only on behalf of a person who is a depositor to the extent of not less than £50) after “£50” there shall be inserted “or such smaller amount as may be specified in the rules of the bank”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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57Citation, interpretation, construction and repeals.U.K.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1974.

(2)In this Act “the Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.

(3)In this Act—

(a)Part I, F58. . ., so far as it relates to value added tax, shall be construed as one with Part I of the M9Finance Act 1972;

(b)Part II, so far as it relates to income tax, shall be construed as one with the Income Tax Acts; so far as it relates to corporation tax, shall be construed as one with the Corporation Tax Acts . . . F59;

[F60(c)Part III, so far as it relates to capital gains tax or the computation of development gains, shall be construed as one with[F61the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F61] so far as it relates to income tax shall be construed as one with the Income Tax Acts and, so far as it relates to corporation tax, shall be construed as one with the Corporation Tax Acts; and]

F60F62(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)Except so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference to that enactment as applied, by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

(5)If the Northern Ireland Assembly passes provisions amending or replacing any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, or any Order in Council made under section 1(3) of the M10Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972, referred to in this Act, the reference shall be construed as a reference to the enactment or order as so amended or, as the case may be, as a reference to those provisions.

(6)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 14 to this Act (which include certain enactments which had ceased to have effect before the commencement of this Act) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, but subject to any provision at the end of any Part of that Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F60S. 57(3)(c) repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6), Sch.27 Part X in relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19 March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), but without affecting the construction of 1979 (C) Sch. 5 para. 9(5).

F62S. 57(3)(d) repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 Pt. V(2) notes 1, 2 of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. V(2)

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SCHEDULES

F63SCHEDULES 1, 2U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Section 38

[F64SCHEDULE 3U.K. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION 38

Textual Amendments

F64Sch. 3Repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6)and Sch.27 Part Xin relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1),but without affecting the construction of 1979 (C) Sch.5 para. 9(5).

PART IU.K. DEFINITIONS OF CURRENT USE VALUE, MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT, ETC.

Definition of current use value F65U.K.

Textual Amendments

F65 See also Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 36(5)—Development Land Tax—regarding disposals on and after 1August 1976by S.I. 1976 No. 1148 (C.33). Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X.

1(1)For the purpose of the principal section and this Schedule the current use value of an interest in land shall be ascertained in accordance with this Part of this Schedule; and in this Part of this Schedule the time as at which current use value is to be ascertained is referred to as “the relevant time”.U.K.

(2)Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the current use value of an interest in land at the relevant time is the market value of that interest at that time calculated on the assumption that it was at that time, and would continue to be, unlawful to carry out any material development of the land other than any material development thereof which, being authorised by planning permission in force at that time, was begun before that time F66.

(3)In this paragraph “planning permission”has the same meaning as in the M11Town and Country Planning Act 1971, or, in Scotland, theM12Town and Country Planning ( Scotland) Act 1972, or, in Northern Ireland, theM13Planning ( Northern Ireland) Order 1972; and in determining for the purposes of this paragraph what material development of any land was authorised by planning permission at a time when there was in force in respect of the land planning permission granted on an outline application ( that is to say, an application for planning permission subject to subsequent approval on any matters), any such development of the land which at that time

(a)was authorised by that permission without any requirement as to subsequent approval; or

(b)not being so authorised, had been approved in the manner applicable to that planning permission,

but no other material development, shall for the purposes be taken to have been authorised by that permission at that time.

Textual Amendments

F66 See Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) Sch.5 para. 9(5)—current use value to be computed for purposes of that para. in accordance with Sch.3 Part I,but excluding words

“other than”

onwards in Sch.3 para.1(2)in relation to material development begun before 18December 1973.

Marginal Citations

Current use value—part disposalsU.K.

2(1)Subject to sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) below, this paragraph shall apply as regards the current use value of an interest in land which has been disposed of by way of a part disposal of an asset ( in this paragraph referred to as “the relevant asset) consisting of an interest in land.U.K.

(2)The current use value at the relevant time of the interest disposed of shall be the relevant fraction of the current use value of the relevant asset at that time, calculated on the same assumptions as to the lawfulness or otherwise of any material development as fall to be made under this Schedule in calculating the current use value at that time of the interest disposed of.

(3)For the purposes of the preceding sub-paragraph “the relevant fraction”means that fraction of the sums mentioned in the following sub-paragraph which under [ subsection (2) of section 35 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F67] is, or would but for [ subsection (4) of that sectionF67] be, allowable as a deduction in computing under [ Chapter II of Part II of that ActF67] the amount of the gain accruing on the part disposal.

(4)The sums referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph are the sums which, if the entire relevant asset had been disposed of at the time of the part disposal, would be allowable by virtue of [ section 32 (1)(a) and (b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F67] as a deduction in computing under [ Chapter II of Part II of that ActF67] the gain accruing on that disposal of the relevant asset.

(5)Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) above shall not apply

(a)in the case of a disposal of an interest in land by way of a part disposal if, on making the disposal, the person doing so no longer has any interest in the land which is subject to that interest; or

(b)in a case to which the following provisions of this paragraph apply.

(6)In computing under this Chapter any gain accruing to a person on a part disposal of a lease which is a wasting asset by way of the grant of a sub-lease for a premium, the current use value of the lease at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal shall be the relevant fraction of what its current use value at that time would be apart from sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) above.

(7)For the purposes of the preceding sub-paragraphs “the relevant fraction” means that fraction of the expenditure attributable to the lease under [ section 32(1)(a) and (b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F67] which under paragraph 4 of [ Schedule 3 F67to that Act ( sub-leases out of short leases) falls to be apportioned to what is disposed of.

Textual Amendments

F67Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

3U.K.In computing under this Chapter any gain accruing to a person on a part disposal of an interest in land resulting under [ subsection (1) of section 20 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F68] from the receipt as mentioned in paragraph (a), (c) or (d) of that subsection of a capital sum, the current use value at the relevant time of the interest out of which the part disposal was made shall be taken to be what it would have been at that time if the circumstances which caused the capital sum to be received had not arisen.

Textual Amendments

F68Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Current use value—leases and reversionsU.K.

4(1)The current use value of an interest in land which is eitherU.K.

(a)a freehold interest which is subject to a lease or an agreement for a lease; or

(b)an interest under a lease or agreement for a lease,

shall be ascertained without regard to any premium required under the lease or agreement for a lease or any sublease, or otherwise under the terms subject to which the lease or sublease was or is to be granted, but with regard to all other rights under the lease or prospective lease ( and, for the current use value of an interest under a lease subject to a sublease, under the sublease).

(2)If under the preceding sub-paragraph an interest under a lease or agreement for a lease would have a negative value, the current use value of the interest shall be nil.

(3)If a lease is granted out of any interest in land after 17 th December 1973, then, in computing under this Chapter any gain accruing on any disposal of the reversion on the lease made while the lease subsists, the current use value of the reversion at any time after the grant of the lease shall not exceed what would have been at that time the current use value of the interest in the land of the person then owning the reversion if that interest had not been subject to the lease.

(4)In the application of this paragraph to Scotland, “freehold”means the estate or interest of the proprietor of the dominium utile or, in the case of property other than feudal property, of the owner, and “reversion”means the interest of the landlord in property subject to a lease.

5(1)In computing under this Chapter any gain accruing to a person on a disposal of a lease which is a wasting asset, the current use value of the lease at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal shall be the relevant fraction of what its current use value at that time would be apart from this paragraph.U.K.

(2)For the purposes of the preceding sub-paragraph “the relevant fraction”means the fraction of which the numerator is equal to so much of the expenditure attributable to the lease under [ section 32(1)(a) and (b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F69] as is not under paragraph 1 of [ Schedule 3 F69] to that Act excluded therefrom for the purposes of the computation under [ Chapter II of Part II of that ActF70] of the gain accruing on the disposal, and the denominator is equal to the whole of the expenditure which would be so attributable to the lease for those purposes apart from the said paragraph 1.

Textual Amendments

F69Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F70Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Definition of material developmentU.K.

6U.K.In this Schedule, subject to the following paragraph, “material development”,in relation to any land, means the making of any change in the state, nature or use of the land F71.

Textual Amendments

F71 SeeDevelopment Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 36(2)—Development Land Tax—Sch.3 Part Iapplied for purposes of that section. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24)abolished from 19March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1),by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X. Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) Sch.5 para. 9(5)—definition applied.

7(1)The doing of any of the following things in the case of any land shall not be taken for the purposes of this Schedule to involve material development of the land, that is to sayU.K.

(a)the carrying out of works for the maintenance, improvement, enlargement or other alteration of any building, so long as the cubic content of the original building is not exceeded by more than one-tenth;

(b)the carrying out of works for the rebuilding, as often as occasion may require, of any building which was in existence at the relevant time, or of any building which was in existence in the period of ten years immediately preceding the day on which that time falls but was destroyed or demolished before the relevant time, so long as ( in either case) the cubic content of the original building is not exceeded by more than one-tenth;

(c)the use of any land for the purposes of agriculture or forestry, the use for any of those purposes of any building occupied together with land so used, and the carrying out on any land so used of any building or other operations required for the purposes of that use;

(d)the carrying out of operations on land for, or the use of land for, the display of an advertisement, announcement or direction of any kind;

(e)the carrying out of operations for, or the use of the land for, car parking, provided that such use shall not exceed three years;

(f)in the case of a building or other land which at the relevant time was used for a purpose falling within any class specified in paragraph 8 below or which, being unoccupied at that time, was last used for any such purpose, the use of that building or land for any other purpose falling within the same class;

(g)in the case of a building or other land which at the relevant time was in the occupation of a person by whom it was used as to part only for a particular purpose, the use for that purpose of any additional part of the building or land not exceeding one-tenth of the cubic content of the part of the building used for that purpose at the relevant time or, as the case may be, one-tenth of the area of the land so used at that time;

(h)in the case of land which at the relevant time was being temporarily used for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was normally used, the resumption of the use of the land for the last-mentioned purpose;

(i)in the case of land which was unoccupied at the relevant time, the use of the land for the purpose for which it was last used before that time.

(2)In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) above whether or not the cubic content of the original building has been exceeded by more than one-tenth, the cubic content of the building after the carrying out of the works in question shall be treated as reduced by the amount ( if any) by which so much of that cubic content as is attributable to one or more of the matters mentioned in the following sub-paragraph exceeds so much of the cubic content of the original building as was attributable to one or more of the matters so mentioned.

(3)The matters referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph are the following, that is to say

(a)means of escape in case of fire;

(b)car-parking or garage space;

(c)accommodation for plant providing heating, air-conditioning or similar facilities.

8U.K.The classes of purposes mentioned in paragraph 7(1)(f) above are the following

  • Class A—Use as a dwelling-house or for the purpose of any activities which are wholly or mainly carried on otherwise than for profit, except use for a purpose falling within Class B, C or E.

  • Class B—Use as an office or retail shop.

  • Class C—Use as a hotel, boarding-house or guest-house, or as premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors for consumption on the premises.

  • Class D—Use for the purpose of any activities wholly or mainly carried on for profit, except—

    (a)

    use as a dwelling-house or for the purposes of agriculture or forestry; and

    (b)

    use for a purpose falling within Class B, C or E.

  • Class E—Use for any of the following purposes, namely—

    (a)

    the carrying on of any process for or incidental to any of the following purposes, namely—

    (i)

    the making of any article or of any part of any article, or the production of any substance;

    (ii)

    the altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing, packing or canning, or adapting for sale, or breaking up or demolishing of any article; or

    (iii)

    without prejudice to (i) or (ii) above, the getting, dressing or treatment of minerals,

    being a process carried on in the course of a trade or business other than agriculture or forestry, but excluding any process carried on at a dwelling-house or retail shop;

    (b)

    storage purposes ( whether or not involving use as a warehouse or repository) other than storage purposes ancillary to a purpose falling within Class B or C.

Date when material development is begunU.K.

9(1)For the purposes of this Schedule material development shall be taken to be begun on the earliest date on which any specified operation comprised in the material development is begun.U.K.

(2)In this paragraph “specified operation”means any of the following, that is to say—

(a)any work of construction in the course of the erection of a building;

(b)the digging of a trench which is to contain the foundations, or part of the foundations, of a building;

(c)the laying of any underground main or pipe to the foundations, or part of the foundations, of a building or to any such trench as is mentioned in (b) above;

(d)any operation in the course of laying out or constructing a road or part of a road;

(e)any change in the use of any land F72.

Textual Amendments

F72 SeeDevelopment Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), ss. 36(2)and 38—Development Land Tax—Sch.3 Part Iapplied for the purposes of those sections. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X. Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) Sch.6 para. 9—Sch.3 para. 9applied for purposes of that para.

InterpretationU.K.

10(1)In this Part of this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—U.K.

  • agriculture”includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, the keeping and breeding of livestock ( including any creature kept for the production of food, wool, skins or fur, or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land), the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds, and the use of land for woodlands where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes, and “agricultural”shall be construed accordingly;

  • article”means an article of any description;

  • building”includes part of a building, and references to a building may include references to land occupied therewith and used for the same purposes;

  • forestry”includes afforestation;

  • minerals”includes all minerals and substances in or under land of a kind ordinarily worked for removal by underground or surface working;

  • retail shop”includes any premises of a similar character where retail trade or business ( including repair work) is carried on;

  • substance”means any natural or artificial substance or material, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour.

(2)Any reference in this Part of this Schedule to the cubic content of a building is a reference to that content as ascertained by external measurement.

(3)For the purposes of paragraph 7(1)(a) and (b) of this Schedule where two or more buildings are included in a single development the whole of that development may be regarded as a single building, and where two or more buildings result from the redevelopment of a single building the new buildings may together be regarded as a single building.

For the purposes of this sub-paragraph two or more buildings shall not be treated as included in a single development unless they are or were comprised in the same curtilage.

PART IIU.K.OTHER PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION 38

Computation of development gain in respect of disposal of interest in land after material development has been carried outU.K.

11(1)This paragraph shall apply in relation to a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies if material development of the land has been carried out after 17 th December 1973 [ andF73] since the person making the disposal acquired the interest [ but before the appointed day, within the meaning of the Development Land Tax Act 1976 F73].U.K.

(2)Subsection (3) of the principal section shall apply in relation to the disposal as if paragraph (b) were omitted, and as if for the words “whichever is the least”there were substituted the words “whichever is the smaller”.

(3)For the purpose of computing the amount given by subsection (3)(c) of the principal section, the amount by which the current use value of the interest in land at the time of the disposal exceeds the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or, if the interest was acquired by him before 6 th April 1965, its current use value at that date shall be taken to be equal to the sum of the amounts mentioned in the following sub-paragraph ( or, if both those amounts are nil, to be nil).

(4)The amounts referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph are the following, that is to say

(a)the amount ( if any) by which the current use value of the interest immediately before the date on which the material development mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above was begun exceeds the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or on 6 th April 1965, as the case may be; and

(b)the amount ( if any) by which the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal exceeds the aggregate of the amounts mentioned in the following sub-paragraph.

(5)The amounts referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(b) above are the following, that is to say

(a)the current use value of the interest immediately after the date on which the material development mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above was begun, calculated on the assumption that it was lawful for that development to be carried out; and

(b)the amount of any expenditure attributable to that development which is allowable under [ section 32(1)(b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F74] as a deduction from the consideration for the disposal in computing the chargeable gain accruing thereon.

(6)Where material development of the land in question has been carried out on two or more different occasions after 17 th December 1973 [ andF75] since the person making the disposal acquired the interets [ but before the appointed day, within the meaning of the Development Land Tax Act 1976 F75], then for the purposes of this paragraph

(a)there shall be calculated for the first of those occasions the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(a) above ( the reference there to the material development mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above being for this purpose read as a reference to the material development carried out on that occasion);

(b)there shall be calculated for each of those occasions other than the first the amount ( if any) by which the current use value of the interest immediately before the date on which the material development carried out on that occasion was begun exceeds the aggregate of the amounts mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) above ( the references there to the material development mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above being for this purpose read as references to the material development carried out on the occasion preceding the one for which the calculation is being made); and

(c)there shall be calculated the amount ( if any) by which the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal exceeds the aggregate of the amounts mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) above ( the references there to the material development mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above being for this purpose read as references to the material development carried out on the last of those occasions);

and sub-paragraph (3) above shall apply as if for the words from “the sum of the amounts mentioned in the following sub-paragraph”to the end of the paragraph there were substituted the words “the sum of the amounts calculated under sub-paragraph (6)(a) to (c) below (or, if those amounts are each nil, to be nil)”.

Textual Amendments

F73Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 35(3)see Development Land Tax.By virtue of S.I. 1976 No.1148 (C.33)the Treasury appointed 1August 1976to be the appointed day. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X.

F74Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) s. 157(2)and Sch. 7para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F75Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 35(3)see Development Land Tax.By virtue of S.I. 1976 No.1148 (C.33)the Treasury appointed 1August 1976to be the appointed day. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X.

Computation of development gain in respect of disposal of interest in land reflecting expenditure on enhancementU.K.

12(1)This paragraph shall apply in relation to a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies if any expenditure which is or, but for paragraph 1 of [ Schedule 3 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F76], would be allowable under [ section 32(1)(b) of that ActF76] as a deduction from the consideration for the disposal in computing the chargeable gain accruing thereon has been incurred since the person making the disposal acquired the interest, not being expenditure attributable to material development of the land carried out as mentioned in paragraph 11(1) of this Schedule ( that is, carried out after 17 th December 1973 [ andF77] since the person making the disposal acquired the interest [ but before the appointed day, within the meaning of the Development Land Tax Act 1976 F77]).U.K.

(2)For the purpose of computing the amount given by subsection (3)(c) of the principal section the current use value of the interest in land at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or, if the interest was acquired by him before 6 th April 1965, its current use value at that date shall be taken to be equal to the sum of the amounts mentioned in the following sub-paragraph.

(3)The amounts referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph are the following, that is to say

(a)the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or on 6 th April 1965, as the case may be; and

(b)so much of the expenditure mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above as is reflected in the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal.

(4)Where material development of the land has been carried out ( whether on only one occasion or on two or more different occasions) after 17 th December 1973 [ andF78] since the person making the disposal acquired the interest [ but before the appointed day, within the meaning of the Development Land Tax Act 1976 F78], sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above shall not apply, and paragraph 11 of this Schedule shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this paragraph.

(5)Where any expenditure mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above was incurred before the date on which the material development of the land carried out after 17 th December 1973 on the first or only occasion was begun, then in calculating under paragraph 11(4)(a) or 11(6)(a) of this Schedule the amount mentioned in the said paragraph 11(4)(a), the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or on 6 th April 1965, as the case may be, shall be increased by so much of the expenditure so incurred as is reflected in the current use value of the interest immediately before the date on which the material development carried out on that occasion was begun.

(6)Where any expenditure so mentioned was incurred on or after the date on which the material development of the land so carried out on the last or only occasion was begun, then in calculating under paragraph 11(5)(b) or 11(6)(c) of this Schedule the expenditure attributable to that material development which is allowable as mentioned in the said paragraph 11(5)(b) there shall be included in that expenditure so much of the expenditure incurred as is reflected in the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal.

(7)Where any expenditure so mentioned was incurred on or after the date on which the material development ( “the preceding development”) so carried out on any but the last of two or more occasions was begun but before the date on which the material development ( “the following development”) carried out on the next of those occasions was begun, then, in calculating under paragraph 11(6)(b) of this Schedule the expenditure attributable to the preceding development which is allowable as mentioned in paragraph 11(5)(b) of this Schedule, there shall be included in that expenditure so much of the expenditure so incurred as is reflected in the current use value of the interest immediately before the date on which the following development was begun.

Textual Amendments

F76Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) , s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F77Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 35(3)—Development Land Tax.By virtue of S.I. 1976 No.1148 (C.33)the Treasury appointed 1August 1976to be the appointed day. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X.

F78Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 35(3)—Development Land Tax.By virtue of S.I. 1976 No.1148 (C.33)the Treasury appointed 1August 1976to be the appointed day. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X.

Provisions supplementary to paragraphs 11 and 12U.K.

13(1)Where paragraph 11 of this Schedule would, apart from this paragraph, apply in relation to a disposal of an interest in land because of any material development of the land carried out after 17 th December 1973 [ andF79] since the person making the disposal acquired the interest [ but before the appointed day, within the meaning of the Development Land Tax Act 1976 F79], the said paragraph 11 shall not so apply if the amount by which the current use value of the interest immediately after the date on which that material development was begun, calculated on the assumption that it was lawful for that development to be carried out, exceeds the current use value of the interest immediately before that dateU.K.

(a)is not greater than one-tenth of the current use value of the interest immediately before that date;

(b)does not exceed £2,500.

(2)Where material development of the land in question has been carried out on two or more different occasions after 17 th December 1973 [ andF79] since the person making the disposal acquired the interest [ but before the appointed day, within the meaning of the Development Land Tax Act 1976 F79] then for the purposes of this paragraph there shall be calculated for each of those occasions the amount by which the current use value of the interest immediately after the date on which the material development carried out on that occasion was begun, calculated on the assumption that it was lawful for that development to be carried out, exceeds the current use value of the interest immediately before that date, and the preceding sub-paragraph shall not apply in relation to the disposal if the aggregate of the amounts so calculated exceeds £2,500.

(3)Where by virtue of the preceding provisions of this paragraph paragraph 11 of this Schedule does not apply in relation to a disposal of an interest in land even though material development of the land has been carried out as aforesaid, the material development in question shall be disregarded for the purposes of paragraph 12 of this Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F79Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), s. 35(3)—Development Land Tax.By virtue of S.I. 1976 No.1148 (C.33)the Treasury appointed 1August 1976to be the appointed day. Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24),repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part X.

14(1)Subject to the following sub-paragraph, material development shall for the purposes of paragraphs 11 to 13 of this Schedule not be treated as carried out after a particular date if it was begun on or before that date.U.K.

(2)If, in the case of any land

(a)material development thereof was begun on or before 17 th December 1973 but was not completed on or before that date; and

(b)the development was on that date to any extent not authorised by planning permission then in force,

then, for the purposes of paragraphs 11 to 13 of this Schedule, so much of the development carried out after that date as was not so authorised on that date shall be treated as begun on the earliest date after 17 th December 1973 on which any specified operation comprised therein is begun, and shall accordingly be treated as material development of the land carried out after 17 th December 1973.

(3)Sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall apply for the purposes of this paragraph as it applies for the purposes of paragraph 1; and in this paragraph “specified operation”has the same meaning as in paragraph 9 of this ScheduleF80.

Textual Amendments

F80 See Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1) Sch.5 para. 9(5)—Sch.3 para.14applied for purposes of that para.

Computation of amount given by subsection (3)(c) of principal section in certain cases within [paragraph 9(4) of Schedule 5 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F81]U.K.

Textual Amendments

F81Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

15U.K.Where a chargeable gain accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies, being a disposal in relation to which [ paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F82] ( sales of land in United Kingdom reflecting development value) applies, then, if the amount of the gain is by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph computed without regard to [ the said Schedule 5 F82] ( assets held on 6 th April 1965), this Chapter shall have effect in relation to that disposal as if in subsection (3)(c) of the principal section and paragraphs 11 and 12 of this Schedule any reference to the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or, if the interest was acquired by him before 6 th April 1965, its current use value at that date referred only to its current use value at the time of its acquisition by him.

Textual Amendments

F82Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Computation of development gains in connection with replacements of business assetsU.K.

16(1)Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act, the development gain, if any, accruing in respect of a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies shall, if the disposal is one in relation to which [ sections 115 to 121 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F83] ( replacement of business assets) [ applyF83], be computed as if any claim under [ those sectionsF83] as respects the whole or a part of the consideration for the disposal had not been made.U.K.

(2)The preceding sub-paragraph shall not affect the subsequent operation of paragraph4 ofSchedule 8 to this Act in relation to such a claim.

Textual Amendments

F83Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

17U.K.Where under [ section 115(1)(b) or 116(1)(b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F84] or paragraph 18(4) of this Schedule the person making a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies would, apart from this paragraph, be treated for the purposes of [ that ActF84] as if the amount or value of the consideration for the acquisition of that interest were reduced or further reduced by some amount, the development gain, if any, accruing in respect of the disposal shall be computed as if the said [ section 115(1)(b) or 116(1)(b) F84] or the said paragraph 18(4), as the case may be, did not apply to that consideration.

Textual Amendments

F84Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Replacement of business assetsU.K.

18(1)If the consideration which a person carrying on a trade obtains for the disposal of, or of his interest in, assets ( in this paragraph referred to as “the old assets) used, and used only, for the purposes of the trade throughout the period of ownership is wholly or partly applied by him in acquiring other assets, or an interest in other assets ( in this paragraph referred to as “the new assets) which on the acquisition are taken into use, and used only, for the purposes of the trade,andU.K.

(a)the old assets and new assets are within the classes of assets listed in subsection (6) of [ section 118 ( with section 119) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F85] ( replacement of business assets) and the old assets consist of or include land in the United Kingdom; and

(b)some or all of the new assets are qualifying assets; and

(c)development gains accrue to the person carrying on the trade in respect of the disposal; and

(d)the amount of the consideration for the disposal applied as aforesaid is greater than the difference between the whole of that consideration and the amount of those development gains,

then, if the person carrying on the trade makes a claim as respects those development gains, the provisions of sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) below shall apply.

(2)There shall be ascertained the following amounts, that is to say

(a)the amount by which so much of the consideration for the disposal as has been applied as described in sub-paragraph (1) above exceeds the difference mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above; and

(b)the amount of the consideration for the disposal which has been so applied in acquiring qualifying assets;

and in the following provisions of this paragraph “the material amount”means whichever of those amounts is the smaller ( or, if they are equal, the amount which is equal to each of them).

(3)The income tax or corporation tax to which the person carrying on the trade is chargeable for the chargeable period in which the disposal was made shall be reduced by an amount equal to whichever of the following amounts is the smallest, that is to say

(a)30 per cent. of what is, under sub-paragraph (5) below, the appropriate amount;

(b)30 per cent. of the amount, if any, by which the development gains accruing to him in that chargeable period exceed the development losses, if any, accruing to him in that period ( so that if the amount under this head is nil, no reduction will fall to be made under this sub-paragraph);

(c)the total amount of the income tax for which he is liable for that chargeable period or, in the case of a company, the total amount of the corporation tax for which the company is liable for that chargeable period after setting against that liability the amount of any advance corporation tax falling to be set against it under section 85 of the Finance Act 1972, but before any set-off under subsection (5) of section 240 of the Taxes Act ( income tax on distributions etc. received by U.K. company).

For the purposes of paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph a man and his wife living with him shall be treated as one person if the result of so treating them is to increase the amount given by that paragraph.

(4)Where a reduction falls to be made under the preceding sub-paragraph, the person carrying on the trade shall be treated for the purposes of [ the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F86] as if the consideration for the acquisition of, or of the interest in, such of the new assets as are qualifying assets were reduced ( or further reduced) by what is, under sub-paragraph (5) below, the appropriate amount; but this sub-paragraph shall not affect the treatment for those purposes of the other party to the transaction involving the old assets or of the other party to the transaction involving the new assetsF87.

(5)For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (3)(a) and (4) above

(a)if the material amount is equal to or greater than one-half of the development gains accruing in respect of the disposal, the appropriate amount is the full amount of the development gains so accruing;

(b)if the material amount is less than one-half of the development gains so accruing, the appropriate amount is an amount equal to twice the material amount.

[(6)The following provisions of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply for the purposes of this paragraph as they apply for the purposes of section 115 of that Act, namely

(a)subsections (3) to (8) of the said section 115,

(b)section 119,

(c)section 121.]

(7)Without prejudice to the provisions of [ section 43(4) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F88] where consideration is given

(a)for the acquisition or disposal of assets some or part of which are assets in relation to which a claim under this paragraph applies and some or part of which are not; or

(b)for the acquisition or disposal of assets some or part of which are, in relation to a claim under this paragraph, qualifying assets and some or part of which are not,

the consideration shall be apportioned in such manner as is just and reasonable.

(8)For the purposes of this paragraph assets are, in relation to a trade, qualifying assets if they are within the following classes of assets, that is to say the classes listed in [ section 118 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F88], excluding assets within [ paragraph 2 F88] of head A in class 1 other than land constituting the site of any asset within [ paragraph 1 F88] of that head ( including in the site any land in the immediate vicinity of the asset which is occupied for purposes ancillary to the occupation and use of the asset).

Textual Amendments

F85Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F86Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 3and 8for 1979-80et seq.

F87 See 1975 (No.2) s. 55(5)—para. 18(4)excluded in computing chargeable gain on agricultural property.

F88Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 3, 8and 9for 1979-80et seq.

Replacement of business assets: depreciating assetsU.K.

[19(1)Paragraph 18 above shall have effect subject to the provisions of this paragraph, in whichU.K.

(a)the “tax reduction”means the reduction in the income tax or corporation tax to which the person carrying on the trade is chargeable which is made under sub-paragraph (3) of the said paragraph 18 in connection with a disposal of an asset ( called “asset No. 1”);

(b)the “expenditure reduction”means the related amount by which under sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph, and apart from the provisions of this paragraph, the expenditure allowable in respect of another asset ( called “asset No. 2”) is reduced;

(c)any reference to an expenditure reduction of any amount being carried forward to any asset is a reference to a reduction of that amount in expenditure allowable in respect of that asset.

(2)If asset No. 2 is a depreciating asset, the expenditure reduction shall not be carried forward, but

(a)when the claimant disposes of asset No. 2, or

(b)when he ceases to use asset No. 2 for the purposes of a trade carried on by him, or

(c)on the expiration of a period of ten years beginning with the acquisition of asset No. 2,

whichever event comes first, an amount equal to the tax reduction may be assessed to tax and recovered accordingly.

Any assessment to income tax or corporation tax under this paragraph shall be made under Case VI of Schedule D.

(3)If, in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (4) below, the claimant acquires an asset ( called “asset No. 3”) which is not a depreciating asset, and so claims under paragraph 18 above

(a)the expenditure reduction shall be carried forward to asset No. 3, and

(b)the claim which applies to asset No. 2 shall be treated as withdrawn ( so that sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply).

(4)The circumstances are that asset No. 3 is acquired not later than the occurrence of whichever of the events mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above comes first and, assuming

(a)that the consideration for asset No. 1 was applied in acquiring asset No. 3, and

(b)that the time between the disposal of asset No. 1 and the acquisition of asset No. 3 was within the time limited by section 115(3) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 as applied by paragraph 18(6) above,

the whole amount of the expenditure reduction could be carried forward from asset No. 1 to asset No. 3; and the claim under sub-paragraph (3) above shall be accepted as if those assumptions were true.

(5)For the purposes of this paragraph an asset is a depreciating asset at any time if

(a)at that time it is a wasting asset as defined in section 37(1) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979, or

(b)within the period of ten years beginning at that time it will become a wasting asset ( so defined).

(6)This paragraph shall be construed as one with paragraph 18 aboveF89.]

Textual Amendments

F89Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 4and 9for 1979-80et seq.

Company amalgamationsU.K.

20(1)Where a company issues shares or debentures to a person in exchange for shares in or debentures of another company in circumstances such that [ section 85 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F90] ( company amalgamations) applies, then, if section 41(1) of this Act applies to the disposal by him to the issuing company of the shares in or debentures of the other company, the amount of any development gain accruing to him in respect of that disposal shall be computed as if the said [ section 85 F90] did not apply in relation to the exchange.U.K.

(2)Where, in the case of a disposal of shares in or debentures of a company made in the circumstances mentioned in the preceding sub-paragraph, the amount of any development gain accruing in respect of that disposal falls by virtue of that sub-paragraph to be computed as if the said [ section 85 F90] did not apply in relation to the exchange, the provisions of paragraph 14 of Schedule 9 to this Act ( postponement of payment of tax), excluding sub-paragraphs (2) and (6), shall, with any necessary modifications, apply in the case of that disposal as they apply in the case of a disposal of an interest in land which is deemed to have been made as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of the said paragraph 14, but as if in the said sub-paragraph (1) for the reference to the total tax chargeable in respect of a gain accruing on the disposal there were substituted a reference to such part of that total tax as is equal to the amount by which that total tax exceeds the tax which would have been chargeable but for sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph.

Textual Amendments

F90Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 4and 9for 1979-80et seq.

Private residencesU.K.

21U.K.Where [ subsection (2) of section 102 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F91] ( private residences) would, apart from this paragraph, apply to a gain accruing to an individual on a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies, then

(a)there shall first be computed both the development gain that would accrue to him in respect of the disposal if that subsection did not so apply and the chargeable gain that would accrue to him thereon if that were so;

(b)the amount of the development gain accruing to him in respect of the disposal shall be equal to the amount of the development gain as computed under (a) above reduced by the fraction given by that subsection; and

(c)that subsection shall then be applied to so much of the gain accruing on the disposal as is equal to the chargeable gain as computed under (a) above.

Textual Amendments

F91Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 4and 9for 1979-80et seq.

Transfer of business on retirementU.K.

22(1)Where a disposal within subsection (1) of [ section 124 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F92 ( transfer of business on retirement) involves a disposal by the individual in question of one or more interests in land to which the principal section applies, the development gains, if any, accruing to him in respect of the disposal shall be computed without reference to that section.U.K.

(2)Where any development gains accrue to an individual in respect of a disposal within subsection (1) of the said [ section 124 F92], being gains which so accrue

(a)where subsection (1)(a) of that section applies, on the disposal of chargeable business assets comprised in the disposal by way of sale or gift; or

(b)where subsection (1)(b) of that section applies, on the disposal of the shares or securities,

sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) below shall apply in relation to the disposal within the said subsection (1) made by that individual, instead of the provisions of that section.

(3)There shall be ascertained how much of the amount available for relief under [ the said section 124 F92] would, under [ subsection (4) or (5) F92] of that section, have fallen to be applied in giving relief to the individual as respects the disposal if this Chapter had not applied in relation to the disposal.

(4)An amount up to, but not exceeding, the amount ascertained under the preceding sub-paragraph shall be applied so as to give relief to the individual as respects the disposal by reducing or extinguishing one or both of the following amounts, that is to say

(a)the aggregate of the development gains accruing to the individual in respect of the disposal, being gains which so accrue as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) above; and

(b)the aggregate of the chargeable gains accruing to him on the disposal, being gains which so accrue as mentioned in the said sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b),

and as between those amounts shall be so applied in whatever way is to the individual’s best advantage.

(5)[ Subsection (7) of the said section 124 F93] shall apply for the purpose of arriving at the aggregate mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(b) above as it applies ( in cases where that section applies) for the purpose of arriving at the aggregate under [ subsection (4) or (5) F93] of that section.

(6)Any relief given under sub-paragraph (4) above as respects the disposal shall, for the purposes of the said [ section 124 F93] as regards any other disposal within subsection (1) of that section, be taken into account in determining under subsection (4) of that section how far the amount available for relief under [ that sectionF93] has been applied.

(7)In this paragraph “chargeable business asset” has the same meaning as in the said [ section 124 F93].

Textual Amendments

F92Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.]

F93Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Insurance companiesU.K.

23U.K.Where, in the case of an insurance company carrying on life assurance business, a profit arising from general annuity business and attributable to a disposal of an interest in land to which section 38 of this Act applies falls ( or would but for paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 7 to this Act fall) to be taken into account in the computation under section 312 of the Taxes Act ( general annuity business and pension business: separate charge on profits), the development gain, if any, accruing to the company in respect of the disposal shall be computed as if [ section 31(1) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F94] ( computation of chargeable gains: exclusion of sums taken into account in computing income) did not apply.

Textual Amendments

F94Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Chargeable gains in respect of mineral royaltiesU.K.

24U.K.No part of any chargeable gain which under section 29 of the Finance Act 1970 ( taxation of mineral royalties) is treated as accruing to a person entitled to receive such royalties under a mineral lease or agreement shall be a development gain.

Computation of development gain in respect of disposal of interest in land with planning permission for the winning and working of mineralsU.K.

25(1)Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Schedule as to the computation of the amount given by subsection (3)(c) of the principal section, this paragraph shall apply in relation to a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies if at the time of the disposal there is in force, as regards the land or any part of it, planning permission authorising material development consisting of the winning and working of minerals.U.K.

(2)For the purpose of computing the amount given by subsection (3)(c) of the principal section, the amount of the chargeable gain accruing on the disposal shall be taken to be what it would be if the amount which, in the computation of that chargeable gain, falls to be taken as the consideration were reduced to the sum of the following amounts, that is to say

(a)the market value of the interest at the time of the disposal calculated on the assumption that it was at that time, and would continue to be, unlawful to carry out any material development of the land consisting of the winning and working of minerals; and

(b)one-half of the amount by which the actual consideration for the disposal exceeds the said market value.

In this sub-paragraph “the actual consideration for the disposal” means the amount which, in the computation ( apart from this paragraph) of the chargeable gain accruing on the disposal, falls to be taken as the consideration.

(3)Sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall apply for the purposes of this paragraph as it applies for the purposes of paragraph 1; and in this paragraph “minerals” has the meaning given by paragraph 10(1) of this Schedule.

(4)For the purposes of this paragraph the winning and working of minerals includes the carrying out of any ancillary operations requisite therefor.]

Section 38.

[F95SCHEDULE 4U.K. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT GAINS

Textual Amendments

F95Sch. 4 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6)and Sch. 27 Part Xin relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1),but without affecting the construction of 1979 (C) Sch. 5 para. 9(5).

1U.K.In this Schedule “the principal section” means section 38 of this Act.

Replacement of business assetsU.K.

2(1)This paragraph shall apply in relation to a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies if the disposal is one in relation to which section 33 of the Finance Act 1965 (replacement of business assets) applies.U.K.

(2)Where

(a)a claim is made by a person under the said section 33 as respects so much of the consideration for the disposal as has been applied by him in acquiring other assets, or an interest in other assets (in this sub-paragraph referred to as “the new assets) as described in subsection (1) of that section; and

(b)the acquisition of, or of the interest in, some or all of the new assets took place either before 18th December 1973, or under an unconditional contract for the acquisition entered into before that date, or under a contract to which sub-paragraph (4) below applies,

then the amount of any development gain accruing to him in respect of the disposal (as computed before this sub-paragraph is applied) shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which so much of the consideration for the disposal as has been applied in acquiring before that date, or under such a contract, all or any of the new assets exceeds the sum of the amounts mentioned in the following sub-paragraph.

(3)The amounts referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph are the following, that is to say

(a)the sum that is by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(a) and (b) of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 1965 allowable as a deduction from the consideration for the disposal in computing the chargeable gain; and

(b)the chargeable gain, if any, accruing to him on the disposal (as computed before the preceding sub-paragraph is applied).

(4)This sub-paragraph applies to a contract made after 17th December 1973 if

(a)the parties thereto had before 18th December 1973 arranged (without entering into a binding contract) to dispose of and acquire the interest in question on terms which do not differ materially from the terms of the contract subsequently made; and

(b)the arrangement was made in writing, or is evidenced by a memorandum or note thereof so made before that date.

Conditional contracts entered into before 18th December 1973U.K.

3U.K.If the disposal of an asset under a conditional contract entered into before 18th December 1973 is made for a consideration not depending wholly or mainly on the value of the asset at the time the condition is satisfied, then for the purposes of subsection (1) of the principal section the contract shall in relation to the disposal be treated (on the condition being satisfied) as if it had never been conditional.

Disposals under arrangements made before 18th December 1973U.K.

4U.K.Where an owner of an interest in land to which the principal section applies had before 18th December 1973 arranged (without entering into a binding contract) to dispose of that interest to another person and

(a)the arrangement was made in writing, or is evidenced by a memorandum or note thereof so made before that date; and

(b)he disposes of the interest to that other person under a contract entered into before 18th December 1974 of which the terms do not differ materially from the terms of the arrangement or, if they so differ, are not more beneficial to the said owner,

the contract

(i)if not conditional, shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1) of the principal section as if made before 18th December 1973; or

(ii)if conditional, shall be treated for the purposes of the preceding paragraph as if entered into before that date.

Disposal to authority exercising compulsory powers where notice to treat was served before 18th December 1973U.K.

5(1)Where a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies is made to an authority exercising compulsory powers, then, if notice to treat in respect of that interest was (or is by virtue of any enactment deemed to have been) served before 18th December 1973 on the person making the disposal, the disposal shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as having been made before that date.U.K.

(2)In this paragraph “authority exercising compulsory powers” means, in relation to any disposal of an interest in land, a person acquiring the interest compulsorily or who has been authorised to acquire it compulsorily (whether for himself or some other person).]

F96SCHEDULE 5U.K.

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Section 40.

[F97SCHEDULE 6U.K.DEVELOPMENT LOSSES

Textual Amendments

F97Sch. 6 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6)and Sch.27 Part Xin relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1),but without affecting the construction of 1979 (C) Sch. 5 para. 9(5).

InterpretationU.K.

1(1)In this Schedule “the principal section” means section 40 of this Act.U.K.

(2)Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act shall apply for the purposes of the principal section and this Schedule as it applies for the purposes of section 38 of this Act.

Losses accruing to persons not resident or ordinarily resident in the United KingdomU.K.

2U.K.A loss accruing to a person in a chargeable period during no part of which he is resident or ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom shall not be to any extent a development loss unless, under [section 12 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F98] as applied by paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 of this Act, he would (or would but for section 39(1) of this Act) be chargeable to income tax or corporation tax in respect of a development gain if there had been a gain instead of a loss on that occasion.

Textual Amendments

F98Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Modification of sections 176 and 179 of the Taxes Act (Case VI losses) in relation to development lossesU.K.

3U.K.In its application to a development loss in accordance with subsection (3) of the principal section

(a)section 176 of the Taxes Act shall have effect with the omission of so much of subsection (5) as precedes the words “but the question”; and

(b)section 179 of that Act shall have effect with the omission of subsection (3).

4U.K.Without prejudice to the following provisions of this Schedule, any development losses which have accrued to a person in any chargeable period shall under section 176 or, as the case may be, section 179 of the Taxes Act be deducted from or set off against

(a)first, any development gains accruing to him in that period;

(b)secondly, any other profits or gains or income arising from transactions in respect of which he is assessed for that period under Case VI of Schedule D;

(c)thirdly, any development gains accruing to him in the first subsequent chargeable period;

(d)fourthly, any other profits or gains or income arising from transactions in respect of which he is assessed for the last-mentioned chargeable period under that Case,

and so on for each successive chargeable period.

Computation of development loss in cases where paragraph 11 or 12 of Schedule 3 would apply in computing a development gainU.K.

5U.K.For the purpose of computing the development loss accruing to a person in respect of a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies, being a disposal in relation to which paragraph 11 or 12 of Schedule 3 to this Act would (or would but for paragraph 13 of that Schedule) apply if a chargeable gain had accrued to him on the disposal, paragraphs 11, 12 and 14 (but not 13) of that Schedule shall have effect in relation to the disposal subject to the following modifications, that is to say

(a)paragraph 11(2) shall be omitted;

(b)in paragraphs 11(3) and 12(2), the references to the amount given by section 38(3)(c) of this Act shall be read as references to the amount given by section 40(4) of this Act; and

(c)in paragraph 11, for the word “exceeds”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted the words “is less than”.

Computation of amount given by subsection (4) of principal section in certain cases within [paragraph 9(4) of Schedule 5 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F99]U.K.

Textual Amendments

F99Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

6U.K.Where an allowable loss accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies, being a disposal in relation to which [paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F100] (sales of land in United Kingdom reflecting development value) applies, then, if the amount of the loss is by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph computed without regard to [the said Schedule 5 F100] (assets held on 6 th April 1965), this Chapter shall have effect in relation to that disposal as if in subsection (4) of the principal section and paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 3 to this Act ( as applied by paragraph 5 of this Schedule) any reference to the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or, if the interest was acquired by him before 6 th April 1965, its current use value of that date referred only to its current use value at the time of its acquisition by him.

Textual Amendments

F100Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Private residencesU.K.

7U.K.Where a claim under the principal section is made in respect of a disposal by an individual of an interest in land to which the principal section applies, being an interest such that [section 102(2) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F101] (private residences) would, apart from this paragraph, apply to the loss accruing to him on the disposal, paragraph 21(a) to (c) of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the disposal subject to the following modifications, that is to say

(a)any reference to a chargeable gain shall be read as a reference to an allowable loss;

(b)any reference to a development gain shall be read as a reference to a development loss; and

(c)any other reference to a gain shall be read as a reference to a loss.

Textual Amendments

F101Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Set-off of development lossesU.K.

8(1)Where, in the case of any person, section 39(1) of this Act applies in relation to any chargeable period, then, if any development losses accrued to him in that period, they shall for the purposes of section 176 or 179 of the Taxes Act ( Case VI losses) be treated as reduced by the amount of the development gains which, but for the said section 39(1), would have accrued to him in the period in which the development losses accrued.U.K.

F102(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)For any year of assessment in which a married woman is living with her husband, they shall be treated for the purposes of this paragraph as one person.

Insurance companiesU.K.

9(1)Where, in the case of an insurance company carrying on life assurance business, a loss arising from general annuity business and attributable to a disposal of an interest in land to which the principal section applies falls (or would but for the following sub-paragraph fall) to be taken into account in the computation under section 312 of the Taxes Act (general annuity business and pension business: separate charge on profits), the development loss, if any, accruing to the company in respect of the disposal shall be computed as if [section 31(1) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F103] (computation of chargeable gains: exclusion of sums taken into account in computing income) did not apply.U.K.

(2)Development losses shall be left out of account in computing under the said section 312 the profits arising to an insurance company from general annuity business and, accordingly, in subsection (2) of section 313 of the Taxes Act (general annuity business), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted as paragraph (aa)—[for text see 1970 s.313(2)(aa)].

(3)This paragraph shall be construed as one with Chapter II of Part XII of the Taxes Act.]

Textual Amendments

F103Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Section 44.

[F104SCHEDULE 7U.K. TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENT GAINS UNDER THE TAX ACTS

Textual Amendments

F104Sch. 7repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6)and Sch.27 Part Xin relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1),but without affecting the construction of 1979 (C) Sch.5 para. 9 (5)

IndividualsU.K.

[F1051U.K.For the purposes mentioned in subsection (3) of section 32 of the Finance Act 1971 (income tax charged at basic and other rates) a development gain accruing to an individual shall not be investment incomeF105.]

2(1)An individual to whom a development gain accrues may on making a claim require that effect shall be given to the following provisions of this paragraph in relation to that gain.U.K.

(2)If the interval between tthe claimant’s acquisition and disposal of the asset on the disposal of which the development gain accrued to him exceeds twelve months but does not exceed twenty-four months, then, for all income tax purposes, one-half only of the amount of the gain shall be treated as having arisen on the date of the disposal, and the remaining half shall be treated as having arisen twelve months before that date.

(3)If the said interval exceeds twenty-four months but does not exceed thirty-six months, then, for all income tax purposes, one-third only of the amount of the gain shall be treated as having arisen on the date of the disposal, and one-third shall be treated as having arisen twelve months, and one-third twenty-four months, before that date.

(4)If the said interval exceeds thirty-six months, then, for all income tax purposes, one-quarter only of the amount of the gain shall be treated as having arisen on the date of the disposal, and one-quarter shall be treated as having arisen twelve months, one-quarter twenty-four months, and one-quarter thirty-six months, before that date.

Companies: generalU.K.

3(1)Subject to paragraph 4 below, advance corporation tax paid by a company shall not be set against its liability to corporation tax on any profits attributable to development gains and, accordingly, in section 85(6) of the Finance Act 1972 after the words “chargeable gains”, in both places where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “or development gains”.U.K.

(2)In subsection (8) of section 95 and subsection (3) of section 96 of the Finance Act 1972 (where the income of a company is defined for the purposes of those sections by reference to the said section 85(6)), after the words “section 85(6) above” there shall be added the words “as originally enacted”.

Close companiesU.K.

4(1)Paragraph 3(1) above shall not apply in the case of a close company as regards an accounting period for which the income of the company may under paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Finance Act 1972 be apportioned among the participators or could be so apportioned apart from sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of that paragraph; and accordingly section 85(6) of the Finance Act 1972 shall, in the case of a close company, have effect as regards any such accounting period as if the said paragraph 3(1) had not been enacted.U.K.

(2)For the purposes of paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 16 to the Finance Act 1972 (close companies: definition of trading company) a development gain accruing to a company shall not be investment income.

5U.K.In paragraph 10(8) of Schedule 16 to the Finance Act 1972 (order in which different descriptions of company’s income are to be treated as reduced by allowable deductions)—

(a)in paragraph (b), for the word “and” there shall be substituted the words “other than estate or trading income attributable to development gains”;

(b)in paragaph (c), for the words “chargeable gains” there shall be substituted the words “development gains; and”;

(c)after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted as paragraph (d)—

(d)fourthly, so far as it cannot be made under (a), (b) or (c) above, from the amount included in the company’s profits in respect of chargeable gains.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

6U.K.After paragraph 14 of Schedule 16 to the Finance Act 1972 there shall be inserted the following paragraph

14A(1)For the purposes of paragraph 14 above any part of a company’s distributable income which is attributable to development gains to which this paragraph applies shall be treated as not affected by any such restriction as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and the amount which would otherwise be disregarded under that sub-paragraph shall accordingly be reduced by an amount equal to that part.

(2)This paragraph applies to any development gain accruing in respect of a disposal which is by virtue of section 45(1) of the Finance Act 1974 or paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 9 to that Act deemed to have been made.

(3)Any deduction which under paragraph 10(8)(c) above is treated as made from the amount included in a company’s profits in respect of development gains shall for the purposes of this paragraph be treated as made first from any amount so included in respect of development gains to which this paragraph applies.

(4)For the purposes of this paragraph the part, if any, of a company’s distributable income which is attributable to development gains to which this paragraph applies is the part attributable to such development gains after the making of any deduction under paragraph 10(8)(c) above in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Insurance companiesU.K.

7(1)A development gain accruing to an insurance company carrying on life assurance business shall, if it accrues in respect of investments held in connection with that business, be treated for the purposes of sections 310 ( rate relief: investment income reserved for policy holders) and 315 (foreign life assurance funds) of the Taxes Act as if it were income from investments held in connection with that business.U.K.

(2)Income attributable to development gains shall be left out of account in computing under section 312 of the Taxes Act (general annuity business and pension business: separate charge on profits) the profits arising to an insurance company from general annuity business and, accordingly, in subsection (2)(a) of section 313 of the Taxes Act ( general annuity business) for the words “and group income” there shall be substituted the words “group income and income attributable to development gains”.

(3)Overseas life insurance companies shall be chargeable to corporation tax on income attributable to development gains in the same manner as other insurance companies carrying on life assurance business and, accordingly, in section 316 of the Taxes Act (overseas life insurance companies: charge on investment income) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted as subsection (1A)—[ for text see 1970 s.316(1A)].

(1A)In the preceding subsection “income” shall not include income attributable to development gains (but without prejudice to any claim under section 310 of this Act)

(4)This paragraph shall be construed as one with Chapter II of Part XII of the Taxes Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Discretionary trustsU.K.

8U.K.In section 17 of the Finance Act 1973 (payments under discretionary trusts), in subsection (3) (amounts to be set against tax assessable on trustees in connection with such payments), at the end of paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the wordsand

(e)the amount of any tax on income arising to the trustees by virtue of section 38(2) of the Finance Act 1974 (development gains) and charged at a rate equal to the sum of the basic rate and the additional rate in pursuance of section 43(1) of that Act;

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Estates of deceased persons in course of administrationU.K.

9(1)Where a development gain has accrued to the personal representatives of a deceased person as such during the administration period, Part XV of the Taxes Act (estates of deceased persons in course of administration) shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this paragraph.U.K.

(2)For the purposes of section 426(5) of the Taxes Act (relief from tax on deemed income in respect of a limited interest in a foreign estate)—

(a)any income arising to the personal representatives of a deceased person as such by virtue of section 38(2) of this Act (development gains) shall be treated as not forming part of the aggregate income of the estate in question; and

(b)any United Kingdom income tax borne by any such income shall be left out of account.

(3)Section 427 of the Taxes Act (absolute interests in residue) shall have effect as if

(a)for subsection (3)(a) there were substituted

(a)in the case of a United Kingdom estate—

(i)in the first instance, as regards so much of his residuary income for that year as has borne income tax at the basic rate for that year, that much of that income less income tax at that rate, and

(ii)subject to the preceding sub-paragraph, as regards so much of his residuary income for that year as has borne income tax at a rate equal to the sum of the basic rate and the additional rate for that year, that much of that income less income tax at the sum of those rates,

and

(b)in subsection (3), as amended by paragraph 53(b) of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 1971, there were added at the end the words“ or, where appropriate, at a rate equal to the sum of the basic rate and the additional rate ”; and

(c)in subsection (4)(a), as amended by paragraph 53(c) of the said Schedule 6, after the words “the basic rate” there were inserted the words“ or, in so far as it has borne income tax at a rate equal to the sum of the basic rate and the additional rate, at a rate equal to the sum of those rates ”.

(4)Section 429 of the Taxes Act (special provisions as to certain interests in residue) shall have effect as if in subsection (2)(a), as amended by paragraph 55 of the said Schedule 6, after the words “the basic rate” there were inserted the words“ or, in so far as it has borne income tax at a rate equal to the sum of the basic rate and the additional rate, at the sum of those rates ”.

(5)This paragraph shall be construed as one with Part XV of the Taxes Act; [F106and in sections 427 and 429 of that Act, as they have effect by virtue of this paragraph, “the additional rate” means the additional rate mentioned in section 32(1) of the Finance Act 1971 or, if more than one, the higher or highest of them.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Settlements on childrenU.K.

10U.K.Where a development gain accrues in respect of a disposal of assets made by a person holding them as trustee for a person who would be absolutely entitled as against the trustee but for being an infant, the income which by virtue of section 38(2) of this Act is treated as arising by reference to that gain shall for the purposes of Chapter II of Part XVI of the Taxes Act (settlements on children) be deemed to be paid to the infant.

In this paragraph “infant”, in relation to Scotland, means a pupil or minor.]

Section 44.

[F107SCHEDULE 8U.K. ADAPTATIONS AND AMENDMENTS OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF CAPITAL GAINS

Textual Amendments

F107Sch. 8 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6), Sch.27 Part X in relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19 March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), but without affecting the construction of 1979 (C) Sch.5 para. 9(5).

Persons chargeable to tax in respect of development gainsU.K.

1U.K.[Sections 2 and 12 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F108] (persons chargeable to capital gains tax or corporation tax in respect of chargeable gains) shall have effect in relation to income tax or corporation tax in respect of development gains as they have effect in relation to capital gains tax or corporation tax in respect of chargeable gains.

Textual Amendments

F108Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Development gains accruing to non-resident companies and trustsU.K.

2U.K.[Section 15 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F109] (chargeable gains accruing to certain non-resident companies) shall have effect in relation to development gains as it has effect in relation to chargeable gains, subject to the modification that for the reference in subsection (7) to capital gains tax there shall be substituted a reference to income tax or corporation tax.

Textual Amendments

F109Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

3U.K.[Section 17 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F110] (chargeable gains accruing to non-resident trusts) shall have effect in relation to development gains as it has effect in relation to chargeable gains, subject to the following modifications, that is to say

(a)in subsection (2), for the words “capital gains tax under [section 4(1) above F110]” there shall be substituted the words “income tax by virtue of section 38(2) of the Finance Act 1974”; and

(b)for the references to capital gains tax in subsections (4)(b) and (5) there shall be substituted references to income tax or corporation tax.

Textual Amendments

F110Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Development gains accruing in connection with replacement of business assetsU.K.

4U.K.Where a development gain accrues to a person in respect of a disposal of an interest in land to which section 38 of this Act applies, being a disposal in relation to which section [sections 115 to 121 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F111] (replacement of business assets) [apply F111], then, if a claim under [those sectionsF111] is made as respects the whole or any part of the consideration for the disposal, the consideration obtained by him for the disposal shall be treated for the purposes of [those sections in their applicationF111] in relation to the disposal as if it were equal to the amount by which the actual consideration obtained by him exceeds the amount of the said development gain.

Textual Amendments

F111Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Development gains accruing in connection with company amalgamationsU.K.

5U.K.Where a company has issued shares or debentures to a person in exchange for shares or debentures in another company in a case falling within paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to this Act, the amount of any development gain which accrued to him in respect of the disposal by him to the issuing company of the shares or debentures in the other company shall, in computing under [Chapter II of Part II of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F112] the gain accruing on a disposal of the shares or debentures so issued to him, be treated as an amount allowable under [section 32(1)(b) of that ActF112].

Textual Amendments

F112Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Transfer of business to a companyU.K.

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7(1)If, in a case where [section 123 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F114] applies, any development gains accrue to the transferor in respect of his disposal (referred to below as “the original disposal) of the assets included in the business, then, if the transferor makes a claim under this paragraph as respects the transfer, the following provisions of this paragraph shall apply.U.K.

This paragraph shall be construed as one with the [said section 123 F114.]

(2)For the purposes of this paragraph

(a)the net development gains” means the development gains accruing to the transferor in respect of the original disposal, as reduced by any development losses deducted from or set off against those gains under section 176 or 179 of the Taxes Act in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to this Act;

(b)the qualifying amount

(i)if the business is transferred wholly in exchange for shares issued by the company to the transferor, means the amount of the net development gains;

(ii)in any other case, means the amount by which what would have been the amount determined under [subsection (4) of the said section 123 F115] if this Chapter had not been enacted exceeds the amount actually determined under [that subsectionF115], or the amount of the net development gains, whichever is the smaller;

(c)the qualifying amount shall be apportioned between the new assets ( that is to say, the shares received by the transferor in exchange for the business) as a whole, and, if those shares are not all of the same class, the apportionment between them shall be in accordance with their market values at the time they were acquired by the transferor.

(3)The profits or gains chargeable to tax under Case VI of Schedule D on the transferor for the year of assessment in which the original disposal is made shall be reduced by the qualifying amount.

(4)If the transferor disposes of shares comprised in the new assets, being all the shares of a particular class which are so comprised, then the amount apportioned to those shares under sub-paragraph (2)(c) above shall be treated as a development gain accruing to him in the year of assessment in which that disposal is made and as constituting profits or gains chargeable to tax under Case VI of Schedule D for that year.

(5)If the transferor disposes of shares comprised in the new assets, being some but not all of the shares of a particular class which are so comprised ( so that the disposal constitutes a part disposal), then a fraction only of the amount apportioned to all the shares of that class under sub-paragraph (2)(c) above shall be treated as mentioned in the preceding sub-paragraph, and that fraction shall be the fraction of the sums mentioned in the following sub-paragraph which is allowable as a deduction in computing under [Chapter II of Part II of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F115] the amount of the gain accruing on that part disposal.

(6)The sums referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph are the sums which, if all the shares of the class in question comprised in the new assets and remaining undisposed of immediately before the time of the part disposal in question had been disposed of at that time, would be allowable by virtue of [section 32(1)(a) and (b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F115] as a deduction in computing under [Chapter II of Part II of that ActF115] the gain accruing on the disposal of all those shares.

(7)Where an individual to whom a development gain is treated as accruing by virtue of this paragraph makes a claim under paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to this Act as respects that gain, sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) of that paragraph shall have effect in relation to that claim subject to the following modifications, that is to say

(a)the references to the interval between the claimant’s acquisition and disposal of the asset on the disposal of which the development gain accrued to him shall be read as references to the interval between the date when he acquired any of those assets of the business which caused development gains to accrue to him in respect of the original disposal and the date of the original disposal; and

(b)the references to “the date of the disposal” shall be read as references to the date of the disposal of shares comprised in the new assets which is mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) or (5) above, as the case may be.]

Textual Amendments

F114Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F115Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Section 45.

[F116SCHEDULE 9U.K. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS ABOUT DEEMED DISPOSALS UNDER SECTION 45

Textual Amendments

F116 Sch. 9 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6)and Sch. 27 Part Xin relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1),but without affecting the construction of 1979 (C) Sch.5 para. 9(5).

InterpretationU.K.

1(1)In this ScheduleU.K.

  • the five-year period”, in relation to a relevant chargeable building, means the period of five years beginning with the material date;

  • the interest of a relevant person”, in relation to a relevant chargeable building, means that interest of a relevant person in the relevant land by virtue of which he is a relevant person (and references to a relevant person’s interest shall be construed accordingly);

  • the principal section” means section 45 of this Act;

  • relevant chargeable building” means a chargeable building which after 17 th December 1973 is first let or occupied to a material extent after the commencement of the relevant development, other than a chargeable building in the case of which, by virtue of subsection (3) of the principal section, subsection (1) of that section does not apply;

  • relevant person”, in relation to a chargeable building which after 17 th December 1973 is first let or occupied to a material extent after the commencement of the relevant development, means any person who after that date, either by granting one or more leases or by his occupation of the whole or any part or parts of the chargeable building, caused or helped to cause the building to be let or occupied as aforesaid.

(2)In the application of the principal section and this Schedule to Scotland,

  • freehold” means the estate or interest of the proprietor of the dominium utile, or, in the case of property other than feudal property, of the owner;

  • reversion” means the interest of the landlord in property subject to a lease.

The interest of a relevant personU.K.

2(1)In the case of a relevant chargeable building, this paragraph shall apply in relation to the interest of a relevant person in the relevant land.U.K.

(2)Subsection (1) of the principal section shall not apply to a relevant person’s interest in the relevant land on the material date unless on that date

(a)the relevant land is wholly or partly let under one or more leases granted by him; and

(b)the rent or aggregate of the rents to which he is entitled under the lease or leases is £5,000 or more per annum,

and shall in any case not apply to his interest in so much, if any, of the relevant land as is occupied by him on that date.

For the purposes of this and the following sub-paragraph a relevant person who on any date occupies not less than 90 per cent. of the floor area of the relevant chargeable building shall be deemed to occupy on that date the whole of so much of the relevant land as is then subject to his interest (and references to occupation in this and the following sub-paragraph shall be construed accordingly).

(3)Where by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above subsection (1) of the principal section does not apply

(a)to a relevant person’s interest in the relevant land on the material date by reason of his occupation of so much of that land as is subject to that interest; or

(b)to a relevant person’s interest in that land on that date so far as it is not occupied by him,

then, if within the five-year period the rent or aggregate of the rents to which he is entitled under any lease or leases by which he has let the whole or any part or parts of the relevant land becomes £5,000 or more per annum, he shall be deemed for the purposes of [ the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F117] and Chapter I of this Part of this Act to have on the subsequent date disposed of and immediately re-acquired for a consideration equal to its market value his interest in so much of the relevant land as is not on the subsequent date occupied by himF118.

In this and the following sub-paragraph “the subsequent date” means the date within the five-year period on which the said rent or the aggregate of the said rents first becomes £5,000 or more per annum or, if this sub-paragraph would to any extent apply to a relevant person’s interest on the last-mentioned date but for his occupation on that date of not less than 90 per cent. of the floor area of the relevant chargeable building, the date (if any) within the five-year period on which he first occupies less than 90 per cent. of that floor area.

(4)If before the end of the five-year period a relevant person

(a)in a case where subsection (1) of the principal section applies to his interest on the material date in so much of the relevant land as was not occupied by him on that date, ceases to occupy any part of the relevant land which was occupied by him on that date; or

(b)in a case where sub-paragraph (3) above applies to his interest on the subsequent date in so much of the relevant land as was not occupied by him on that date, ceases to occupy any part of the relevant land which was occupied by him on that date,

then the said subsection (1) or sub-paragraph (3) shall apply to his interest in that part as if he had not been in occupation of it on the material date or the subsequent date, as the case may be (but without prejudice to the operation of this sub-paragraph in relation to his interest in any other such part of the relevant land which he may cease to occupy within the five-year period).

(5)For the purposes of this paragraph the rent per annum to which a relevant person is entitled at any particular date under a lease of the whole or part of the relevant land shall be treated as being whichever of the following is the greater, that is to say

(a)the rent which at the time when the lease was granted was the rack-rent for so much of the relevant land as is let under the lease; and

(b)the actual rent per annum to which he is entitled under the lease at that date.

Textual Amendments

F118 See 1972 Sch.16 para.14A—legal restrictions on distributions not to affect amount of close company's income apportionable to participators so far as attributable to development gains on disposal deemed to have been made by virtue of Sch.9 para.2(3).

Interests other than that of a relevant personU.K.

3(1)Subject to the following paragraphs of this Schedule, this paragraph (so far as applicable) shall in the case of a relevant chargeable building have effect with respect to any interest (other than the interest of a relevant person) which a person has in the relevant land on the material date, being a freehold interest or an interest under a lease or agreement for a lease.U.K.

(2)Subsection (1) of the principal section shall not apply to a person’s freehold interest in the whole or part of the relevant land or to the interest of a lessee under a lease of the whole or part of the relevant land if at the material date

(a)that interest is not subject to any lease or agreement for a lease, and the rack-rent for so much of the relevant land as is subject to that interest is less than £5,000 per annum and cannot reasonably be expected to be increased to or above £5,000 per annum within the five-year period; or

(b)that interest is subject to one or more leases or agreements for a lease extending, or together extending, to the whole of so much of the relevant land as is subject to that interest, and the rent or aggregate of the rents to which he is or is to be entitled under or by virtue of the said one or more leases or agreements is less than £5,000 per annum and cannot reasonably be expected to be increased to or above £5,000 per annum within the five-year period; or

(c)that interest is subject to one or more leases or agreements for a lease extending, or together extending, to part only of so much of the relevant land as is subject to that interest, and the aggregate of

(i)the rent or aggregate of the rents to which he is or is to be entitled under or by virtue of the said one or more leases or agreements; and

(ii)the rack-rent for the remainder of so much of the relevant land as is subject to that interest,

is less than £5,000 per annum and cannot reasonably be expected to be increased to or above £5,000 per annum within the five-year period.

(3)Sub-paragraph (2) above shall apply in relation to the interest of a person under an agreement to grant him a lease of the whole or part of the relevant land as it applies in relation to the interest of a lessee under a lease of the whole or part of the relevant land, subject to the modification that in paragraphs (a) to (c) the references to his interest under that agreement being subject to one or more leases shall be omitted.

(4)Where a person’s interest in the relevant land falls within sub-paragraph (1) above and is not excluded from the operation of subsection (1) of the principal section by any of the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the said subsection (1) shall not apply to that interest if the rent or aggregate of the rents to which he is or is to be entitled under or by virtue of any one or more leases or agreements for a lease to which at the material date that interest is subject does not, and cannot be made to, reflect the value or any part of the value of the relevant development.

(5)Where

(a)the preceding sub-paragraph would apply to a person’s interest in the relevant land but for the fact that the rent or aggregate of the rents there mentioned can be made to reflect the value or part of the value of the relevant development; but

(b)that rent or the aggregate of those rents cannot be made to reflect that value (or part of it) until a date as from which the rent or one or more of the rents in question could be increased under provisions for the review of the rent contained in any relevant lease or agreement,

then, if that person makes a claim under this sub-paragraph, subsection (1) of the principal section shall in the case of that interest or, if the rent or rents which can be increased as mentioned in paragraph (b) above extend to part only of a person’s interest, that part of his interest apply as if the last reference therein to the material date were a reference to the date mentioned in paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph and, where the rent or rents which can be increased at that date extend to part only of a person’s interest, as if his interest in the relevant land were limited to that part.

4(1)In the case of a relevant chargeable building, paragraph 3 of this Schedule shall not have effect with respect to an interest which a person has in the relevant land on the material date, being eitherU.K.

(a)a freehold or leasehold interest which on the material date is subject to a lease or an agreement to grant a lease, being (in either case) a lease of which the term will expire within the period of twenty-five years from the commencement of the relevant development; or

(b)an interest under an agreement for a lease which on the material date is subject to an agreement to grant a lease of which the term will expire within the said period.

(2)The provisions of subsections (1)(b), (c) and (d) and (2) to (3A) of section 84 of the Taxes Act shall have effect in ascertaining for the purposes of this paragraph when the term of a lease or prospective lease will expire as they have effect in ascertaining the duration of a lease for the purposes of sections 80 to 82 of that Act, but as if

(a)in the said subsection (1)(b), after the word “premium” there were inserted the words “(if any)”;

(b)in the said subsection (2), for the words from “the time of the grant of the lease” to “entered into” there were substituted the words “the material date referred to in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1974”;

(c)in the said subsection (3A), the reference to the provisions of subsections (1) to (3) of the said section 84 were a reference to those provisions as applied by this paragraph;

(d)in the case of a prospective lease, references to what its terms do were references to what, in accordance with the agreement under which the lease is to be granted, its terms are to do.

5U.K.In the case of a relevant chargeable building, subsection (1) of the principal section shall not apply to an interest in the relevant land which does not fall within paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of this Schedule if the market value of that interest on the material date is less than £10,000.

Provisions supplementary to paragraph 3U.K.

6(1)The following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect for the purposes of paragraph 3 of this Schedule.U.K.

(2)Without prejudice to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below, if at the time when a lease or agreement for a lease was granted or entered into the parties thereto were not at arm’s length, the rent to which the lessor or party agreeing to grant a lease is or is to be entitled shall be deemed to be what it would be if, the other terms of the lease or agreement remaining as they are, the amount of the rent had been negotiated by the parties at arm’s length.

(3)Where the payment of any premium, fine or other capital sum (whether in lieu of or in addition to rent)—

(a)is required under a lease or otherwise under the terms subject to which a lease is granted, or on the granting of a lease; or

(b)will be so required by virtue of an agreement for a lease; or

(c)is on the making of an agreement for a lease required from the party to whom the lease is to be granted,

the amount per annum of the rent to which the lessor or party by whom the lease is to be granted is or is to be entitled under or by virtue of the lease or agreement shall be deemed to be (if there is or is to be no actual rent) or to include (in addition to the actual rent, where there is or is to be any) the annual equivalent of that sum or, if there are two or more such sums, the aggregate of their respective annual equivalents.

(4)Where the terms subject to which a lease is or is to be granted impose or are to impose on the lessee an obligation to carry out any work on the premises, the lease shall for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above be deemed to have required, or to be one that will require the payment of a premium to the lessor (in addition to any other premium) of an amount equal to the amount by which the value of the interest of the lessor immediately after the commencement of the lease exceeds or will exceed what its then value would have been or would be if the said terms did not or were not to impose that obligation on the lessee.

Exemption for interest in land occupied on the material date in right of that interestU.K.

7(1)Where, in the case of a relevant chargeable building, subsection (1) of the principal section would, apart from this paragraph, apply to an interest (not being the interest of a relevant person) which a person has in the relevant land on the material date, the following provisions of this paragraph shall apply if on that date any part of the relevant land is occupied by him in right of that interest.U.K.

(2)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the said subsection (1) shall not apply to that interest of that person in so much of the relevant land as is on the material date occupied by him in right thereof.

(3)If before the end of the five-year period that person ceases to occupy any part of the relevant land, being a part in which he had an interest on the material date and to which the said subsection (1) would apply but for sub-paragraph (2) above, the said sub-paragraph (2) shall cease to apply to the interest which he had on that date in that part, and the said subsection (1) shall apply thereto accordingly.

(4)For the purposes of this paragraph a person who on any date occupies not less than 90 per cent. of the floor area of the relevant chargeable building shall be deemed to occupy on that date the whole, and not to have ceased on that date to occupy any part, of so much of the relevant land as is then subject to his interest (and references to occupation and ceasing to occupy shall be construed accordingly).

Exemption for interest in land disposed of after the material dateU.K.

8(1)Where, in the case of a relevant chargeable building, subsection (1) of the principal section or sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 of this Schedule would, apart from this paragraph, apply to an interest which a person has in the relevant land on the material date, or, as the case may be, the subsequent date within the meaning of that sub-paragraph, then, subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, that subsection or sub-paragraph, as the case may be, shall not apply, and be deemed never to have applied, to that interest if the whole of that interest is disposed of by him within the period of three years beginning with that date or such longer period as the Board may by notice in writing allow.U.K.

(2)The preceding sub-paragraph shall not be taken to affect the application of the said subsection (1) to interests in the relevant land which are not excluded therefrom by that sub-paragraph.

(3)Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply if by virtue of any enactment the person disposing of his interest in the relevant land (“the disposer”) and the person to whom the disposal is made fall to be treated as if the latter’s acquisition of it were for a consideration of such amount as would secure that on the disposal by the disposer neither a gain nor a loss would accrue to the disposer.

Exemption by reference to occupation within three years of the material date of land then intended to be occupiedU.K.

9(1)The following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect for the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 7 of this Schedule in the case of a relevant chargeable building.U.K.

(2)If on the material date a person

(a)has an interest in a part of the relevant land which is not then occupied by him; and

(b)intends to occupy that part in right of that interest,

then, if within the period of three years beginning with that date he goes into occupation of that part in right of that interest, he shall be deemed to have been in occupation of that part in right of that interest throughout the period beginning with the material date and ending with the time when he so went into occupation of it (even if that part was wholly or partly occupied by others for some or all of that period).

(3)If the interest in question is an agreement for a lease and the person goes into occupation of the part in question under a lease granted in pursuance of that agreement, sub-paragraph (2) above shall apply as if he had gone into occupation in right of the agreement.

Exemption for interests in land subject on 18th December 1973 to certain leases or agreements for a leaseU.K.

10(1)In the case of a relevant chargeable building, subsection (1) of the principal section shall not apply to the interest of a person in the relevant land, on his making a claim, in so far asU.K.

(a)that interest is subject to a lease which was granted before 18 th December 1973; or

(b)that person had before that date entered into an agreement, whether unconditional or conditional, to grant a lease of the whole or part of so much of the relevant land as is subject to that interest,

and, in either case, the rent reserved or to be reserved under the lease, and any premium payable under or in respect of the lease or agreement, does not depend wholly or mainly on the value of the chargeable building (or of any part of that building) on the completion of the relevant development.

(2)Where, in the case of a relevant chargeable building, a person having an interest in the relevant land had before 18 th December 1973 arranged (without entering into a binding contract)—

(a)to grant to another person a lease of the whole or part of so much of the relevant land as is subject to that interest; or

(b)to enter into with another person such an agreement as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above,

and

(i)the arrangement was made in writing, or is evidenced by a memorandum or note thereof so made before that date; and

(ii)he grants such a lease to or (as the case may be) enters into such an agreement with that other person before 18 th December 1974 on terms which do not differ materially from the terms of the arrangement or, if they so differ, are not more beneficial to the first-mentioned person,

then the lease or agreement shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above as if granted or entered into before 18 th December 1973.

Groups of companiesU.K.

11(1)For the purposes of determining whether a chargeable building falls within subsection (1) or subsection (3) of the principal section, any lease granted by a member of a group of companies to another member of the group shall be disregarded.U.K.

(2)For the purposes of this Schedule, land occupied by a member of a group of companies may be treated as occupied by any other member of the group.

(3)Section 272 of the Taxes Act (groups of companies: definitions) shall apply for the purposes of this paragraph as it applies for the purposes of sections 273 to 281 of that Act.

Tied premisesU.K.

12(1)For the purposes of this Chapter a person carrying on a trade who is a lessor of tied premises shall be treated as occupying those premises.U.K.

(2)The preceding sub-paragraph shall be construed in accordance with section 140(2) of the Taxes Act (income tax and corporation tax on tied premises).

Power to make assessments etc. in connection with certain deemed disposalsU.K.

13(1)Where in accordance with this Schedule subsection (1) of the principal section or sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 of this Schedule comes to apply to a person’s interest in any land in consequence of his ceasing to occupy that land, an assessment to tax chargeable in consequence of that subsection or sub-paragraph so coming to apply to that interest may be made at any time within six years from the time when that subsection or sub-paragraph so came to apply to that interest.U.K.

(2)Where

(a)under the said subsection (1) or sub-paragraph (3) a person is to be treated as having disposed of and reacquired an interest in any land; or

(b)under paragraph 8 above the said subsection (1) is deemed never to have applied to a particular interest in land,

all such recomputations of liability in respect of other disposals, and all such adjustments of tax, whether by way of assessment or by way of discharge or repayment of tax, as may be required in consequence of the said subsection (1), sub-paragraph (3) or paragraph 8 shall be carried out.

(3)The preceding provisions of this paragraph shall have effect notwithstanding any limit on the time for making assessments; and in this paragraph “tax” means capital gains tax, income tax or corporation tax.

Postponement of payment of taxU.K.

14(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, where an interest in land is under subsection (1) of the principal section or sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 of this Schedule deemed to have been disposed of, the total tax chargeable in respect of a gain accruing on the disposal may, at the option of the person liable to pay it, be paid by eight equal yearly instalments or sixteen half-yearly instalments, but subject to the payment of interest under Part IX (except sections 87 and 88) of the Taxes Management Act 1970.U.K.

(2)Where on the occasion on which the said subsection (1) or sub-paragraph (3) comes to apply to a person’s interest in any land he becomes entitled to one or more capital sums (whether by way of premium or otherwise), then

(a)if the total tax chargeable in respect of a gain accruing on the disposal of that interest which under that subsection or sub-paragraph he is deemed to have made does not exceed one-half of that capital sum or of the aggregate of those capital sums, as the case may be, sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the tax chargeable in respect of that gain; and

(b)if the total tax chargeable as aforesaid exceeds one-half of that capital sum or of the aggregate of those capital sums, as the case may be, sub-paragraph (1) above shall apply only to so much of the total tax as exceeds that half.

(3)Where tax is payable by instalments by virtue of this paragraph, the first instalment shall be due at the expiration of twelve months from the time of the disposal and the interest on the unpaid portion of the tax shall be added to each instalment and paid accordingly; but the tax for the time being unpaid, with interest to the date of payment, may be paid at any time, and, subject to the following sub-paragraph, shall become due and payable forthwith if the interest in land deemed to have been disposed of as aforesaid is disposed of for valuable consideration under a subsequent disposal (whether or not the subsequent disposal is made by the person who is deemed to have acquired it under the first disposal).

(4)Where a subsequent disposal such as is described in the preceding sub-paragraph is a part disposal of the interest in land deemed to have been disposed of as aforesaid, a fraction only of the tax for the time being unpaid shall, with interest to the date of payment, become due and payable forthwith, and that fraction shall be the fraction of the sums mentioned in the following sub-paragraph which is allowable as a deduction in computing under [Chapter II of Part II of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F119] the amount of the gain accruing on the part disposal.

(5)The sums referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph are the sums which, if so much of the interest in land there mentioned as immediately before the time of the part disposal in question remained undisposed of had been disposed of at that time, would be allowable by virtue of [ section 32(1)(a) and (b) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F119] as a deduction in computing under [Chapter II of Part II of that ActF119] the gain accruing on that disposal of that much of that interest.

(6)[ Section 40 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F119] (payment of tax by instalments) shall not apply in relation to the payment of tax in respect of a gain accruing on a disposal of an interest in land to which sub-paragraph (1) above applies.

(7)In this paragraph “tax” means capital gains tax, income tax or corporation tax.

Textual Amendments

F119Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Consideration for deemed disposal to be disregarded in certain circumstances in computing capital gainU.K.

15U.K.Where an interest in land is under subsection (1) of the principal section or sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 of this Schedule deemed to have been disposed of, the consideration for which the disposal is deemed to have been made shall for the purposes of [the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F120] be disregarded if, had it been actually paid, it would under [section 31 of that ActF120] fall to be excluded from the consideration for the disposal taken into account in the computation under [Chapter II of Part II of that ActF120] of the gain accruing on the disposal.

Textual Amendments

F120Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 8and 9for 1979-80et seq.

Deemed disposals in cases involving the grant of a lease for a premiumU.K.

16(1)Where an interest in land is under subsection (1) of the principal section or paragraph 2(3) of this Schedule deemed to have been disposed of on a particular date and before that date (but after 17th December 1973) there was a part disposal of that interest by way of the grant of a lease or sub-lease at a premium, then, if income tax has become chargeable under section 80 of the Taxes Act on any amount by reference to that premium so that an exclusion or deduction of that amount falls to be made under paragraph 5(1) or (2) of [Schedule 3 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F121], the two following sub-paragraphs shall apply; and in those sub-paragraphs “the said interest” means the interest in land first mentioned in this sub-paragraph.U.K.

(2)In computing under [Chapter II of Part II of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F121] the amount of the gain accruing on the disposal of the said interest

(a)the consideration for the disposal shall be treated as increased by an amount equal to the premium paid in respect of the grant of the said lease or sub-lease;

(b)the sums allowable by virtue of paragraphs (a) and (b) of [section 32(1) of that ActF122] as a deduction from the consideration for the disposal shall be treated as including any part of those sums which is as a result of an apportionment under [section 35 of that ActF122] allowable as a deduction in computing under [the said Chapter II F122] the amount of the gain accruing on the part disposal; and

(c)the gain as computed in accordance with (a) and (b) above shall then be reduced by the amount of any gain which (after any exclusion or deduction falling to be made under the said paragraph 5(1) or (2)) accrued on the part disposal, and the amount resulting from that reduction shall (subject to section 38(2) of this Act) be taken as the amount of the gain accruing on the disposal of the said interest.

(3)In a case falling within sub-paragraph (1) above involving more than one part disposal in relation to which sub-paragraph (2) above is applicable, the provisions of sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (b) above shall operate cumulatively as regards those part disposals, and the reference in sub-paragraph (2)(c) above to the gain as computed in accordance with those provisions shall be construed accordingly.

(4)In this and the following paragraph “premium” has the same meaning as in paragraph 5(1) and (2) of [Schedule 3 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F122].

Textual Amendments

F121Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 8and 9for 1979-80et seq.

F122Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 8and 9for 1979-80et seq.

17U.K.Where an interest in land is under subsection (1) of the principal section or paragraph 2(3) of this Schedule deemed to have been disposed of on a particular date and on that date there was a part disposal of that interest in consequence of the grant out of that interest of a lease in respect of which a premium was required under that lease or otherwise under the terms subject to which that lease was granted, that part disposal shall be disregarded for all purposes of [the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F123].

Textual Amendments

F123Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 paras. 8and 9for 1979-80et seq.

18U.K.Where an interest in land consisting of a reversion on a lease is under subsection (1) of the principal section or paragraph 2(3) of this Schedule deemed to have been disposed of, paragraph 7 of [Schedule 3 to the Capital Gains Tax 1979 F124] (deduction allowable under [Section 32(1)(b) of that ActF124] in respect of amount chargeable to tax under section 80(2) of the Taxes Act as being a premium the payment of which is deemed to be required by a lease) shall not apply for the purposes of the computation of any gain accruing on the disposal.]

Textual Amendments

F124Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Section 47

[F125SCHEDULE 10U.K. MATTERS ARISING OUT OF CHAPTERS I AND II OF PART III OF THIS ACT

Textual Amendments

F125 Sch. 10 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), s. 98(6)and Sch.27 Part Xin relation to disposals of interests in land taking place on or after 19March Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1),but without affecting the construction of 1979 (C) Sch.5 para. 9(5).

Recovery of tax from persons not primarily liableU.K.

1U.K.The following provisions (which provide for the recovery of tax in respect of chargeable gains from persons other than those primarily liable) that is to say

(a)[ sections 52(4) and 59 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F126]; and

(b)sections 266, 277, 278(5) and (6) and 279(4) and (5) of the Taxes Act,

shall apply in relation to development gains and income tax or corporation tax in respect of development gains as they apply in relation to chargeable gains and capital gains tax or corporation tax in respect of chargeable gains.

Textual Amendments

F126Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Postponement of payment of taxU.K.

2U.K.Subject to paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 9 to this Act, [sections 8 and 40 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F127] (payment by instalments of tax in respect of chargeable gains) shall apply in relation to the payment of income tax or corporation tax in respect of development gains as they apply in relation to the payment of capital gains tax or corporation tax in respect of chargeable gains.

Textual Amendments

F127Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

Returns by relevant personsU.K.

3(1)Every person who to the best of his knowledge and belief is or becomes a relevant person in relation to a relevant chargeable building shall not later than one year after the material date or, if that date fell before the passing of this Act, one year after the passing of this Act, give notice to the inspector that he is a relevant person in relation to that building.U.K.

(2)In the preceding sub-paragraph “relevant person”, “relevant chargeable building” and “material date” have the same meaning as in Schedule 9 to this Act.

(3)If any person fails to give a notice which he is required to give under this paragraph he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £100.

InformationU.K.

4(1)The inspector may by notice in writing requireU.K.

(a)any company which is or which he considers may be (within the meaning of section 41 of this Act) a close company or a land-owning company; or

(b)the trustees of any settlement which is or which he considers may be a land settlement within the meaning of section 42 of this Act,

to furnish him within such time (not being less than thirty days) as may be specified in the notice with such particulars as he thinks necessary for the purposes of Chapter I or II of Part III of this Act.

(2)For the purposes of the said Chapter I or II the inspector may by notice in writing require any person who is or whom the inspector considers may be the owner of an interest in land situated in the United Kingdom to state in writing within such time as aforesaid

(a)whether he has any interest in the land and, if so, the nature of that interest; and

(b)the name and address of any other person known or believed by that person to have an interest in that land.

(3)The inspector may by notice in writing require any person who is or whom the inspector considers may be a relevant person in relation to a relevant chargeable building to furnish him within such time as aforesaid with such particulars as the inspector thinks necessary for determining whether he is a relevant person in relation to that building and, if so

(a)what is for the purposes of Chapter II of Part III of this Act the material date in relation to that building; and

(b)whether paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 9 to this Act applies to his interest in the relevant land and, if so, what in relation to that interest is the subsequent date for purposes of that paragraph.

In this sub-paragraph “relevant person” and “relevant chargeable building” have the same meaning as in the said Schedule 9.

(4)Any powers conferred on the inspector by the preceding provisions of this paragraph may be exercised by the Board, and references in those provisions to the inspector shall be construed accordingly.

(5)In this paragraph “interest in land” has the meaning given by section 44(1) of this Act.

Amendments of the Taxes Management Act 1970U.K.

5(1)The Taxes Management Act 1970 shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this paragraph.U.K.

(2)In section 28 of that Act (non-resident companies and trusts)—

(a)the references to [sections 15 and 17 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 F128] shall be construed as including references to those sections as they have effect by virtue of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 8 to this Act; and

(b)the references to chargeable gains and to capital gains tax shall be construed as including respectively references to development gains and to income or corporation tax in respect of development gains.

(3)In section 47 of the said Act of 1970 (special jurisdiction relating to tax on chargeable gains) the reference to an appeal against an assessment to tax on chargeable gains shall be construed as including a reference to an appeal against an assessment to income tax or corporation tax in respect of development gains.

(4)The power of the Board to make regulations under section 57 of the said Act 1970 shall include power to make regulations entitling persons, in addition to those who would be so entitled apart from the regulations, to appear on appeals against assessments to capital gains tax, income tax or corporation tax made by virtue of Chapter II of Part III of this Act.

(5)In subsection (1)(d) of the said section 57 (power to enable any of two or more persons whose liability to capital gains tax may be affected by any matter to have the matter determined), the reference to capital gains tax shall be construed as including a reference to income tax or corporation tax in respect of development gains.

(6)In section 98 of the said Act of 1970 (penalties for failure to furnish particulars etc.) there shall be added in the first column of the Table the words “Paragraph 4 of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 1974”]

Textual Amendments

F128Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14, SIF 63:1), s. 157(2)and Sch. 7 para. 9for 1979-80et seq.

F129SCHEDULE 11U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F129Sch. 11 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 Pt. V(2) notes 1, 2 of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. V(2)

Section 52.

SCHEDULE 12U.K. SUBSTITUTION OF “LOCAL AUTHORITY” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 52

F1391–5U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F139Sch. 12 paras. 1–5, repealed (savings) by Finance act 1975 (c. 7), ss. 50, 52(2)(3), 59, Sch. 13 Pt. I

F1407–12U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F141SCHEDULE 13U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Section 57.

SCHEDULE 14U.K. ENACTMENTS REPEALED

PART IU.K. INTEREST

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1972 c.41The Finance Act 1972.In section 75, subsections (3) to (5).
In Schedule 11, paragraphs 2, 4 and 9.

These repeals do not apply in relation to interest excepted from subsection (3) of section 19 of this Act by subsection (4) of that section.

PART IIU.K. SHARE OPTION AND SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEMES

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1972 c.41.The Finance Act 1972.Section 78.
In section 79, subsections (2)(a) and (30(a).
Schedule 12, except paragraphs 3 and 5 to 9 of Part VII and, in paragraph 6 of that Part, the definition of “share incentive scheme” and, in paragraphs 7 and 9 of that Part, the words “7 8 and”.
1973 c.51.The Finance Act 1973.In section 19 the words “78 and” and the words “and Schedule 12 to”.
Section 20.
In Schedule 8, in paragraph 5 the words “the principal Schedule”; in paragraph 7 the words from “either” to “shares; and” and the words from “in the case of subparagraph (a)” to “subparagraph (b) above”; and paragraphs 8 to 34.

These repeals do not affect the cases excepted by section 20 of this Act.

Part IIIU.K. Stamp Duty Repeals Having Effect from 1st May 1974

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1963 c. 25.The Finance Act 1963.Section 56(1) and (2).
1970 c. 24.The Finance Act 1970.In Schedule 7, in paragraph 6(2) the words “for “6d.” substitute “1s.” and”, paragraph 6(3), and paragraphs 10 and 11.
1972 c. 41.The Finance Act 1972.In section 125, subsection (1) and subsection (3) except paragraph (b).

These repeals have effect as from 1st May 1974.

Part IVU.K.Stamp Duty Repeals having effect from 1st August 1974

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Chapter or numberShort TitleExtent of Repeal
Enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 18.The Finance Act 1920.Section 37(2).
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 35.The Finance Act 1947.Section 53(4).
1963 c. 25.The Finance Act 1963.In section 57(1), the words from “and under” to “115”.
1970 c. 24.The Finance Act 1970.In Schedule 7, paragraph 13(2).
Provisions extending to Northern Ireland only
1963 c. 22 (N.I.).The Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1963.Section 5(1) and (2).
In section 6(1), the words from “and under” to “115”.
1970 c. 21 (N.I.).The Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1970.In Schedule 2, in paragraph 6(2) the words “for “6d”, substitute “1s.” and,” paragraph 6(3) and paragraphs 10 and 11.
S.I. 1972/1100.The Finance (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.In Article 12, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) except sub-paragraph (b).

These repeals take effect on 1st August 1974.

Regional Employment PremiumsU.K.

F142PART VU.K.

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PART VIU.K. MISCELLANEOUS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1970 c.10.The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970In section 122(2), paragraphs (b) and (c) and the “or” preceding them.
In section 188(2), paragraph (b) and the words following paragraph (c).
In section 280(5), the words from “if” to “group” (where first occurring).
In section 335(4), the words from “but” to the end.
In section 338(2), the word “registered”.
In section 353, subsections (2) and (3).
In Schedule 8, in paragraph 6 the words from “and not” to “of office”.
1971 c.68The Finance Act 1971.Section 15(2).
Section 31(2).
In Schedule 3, paragraph 12(2).
1972 c.41.The Finance Act 1972.Section 65(1).
Section 93(8).
Section 123.
In Schedule 6, the word “full-time” wherever it occurs in paragraph 7(4) and (5).
1973 c.51.The Finance Act 1973.Section 3.
Section 12(1).
Section 53(5)(a).

PART VIIU.K. SPENT ENACTMENTS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C14The text of ss. 50, 54(1)(2), 56, Sch. 7 paras. 5(c), 6, 7(3), 8, 9(3)(a)(c)(4), Sch.14 Pts. I–IV, VI, VII is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 18.The Finance Act 1920.Section 37(3).
1963 c. 25.The Finance Act 1963.Section 58.
1968 c. 44.The Finance Act 1968.Section 23(3).
1970 c. 9.The Taxes Management Act 1970.The proviso to section 47(2).
1970 c. 10.The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.In Schedule 15, in Part II of the Table set out in paragraph 11, the entry relating to the Ministerial Salaries and Members’ Pensions Act 1965.
1971 c. 68.The Finance Act 1971.In section 15, subsections (3) and (4).
In Schedule 6, paragraph 69.
1972 c. 41.The Finance Act 1972.Section 65(3).

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