Capital Allowances Act 2001

Section 579

Schedule 3U.K. Transitionals and savings

Part 1U.K. Continuity of the law

1U.K.The repeal of provisions and their enactment in a rewritten form in this Act does not affect the continuity of the law.

2U.K.Paragraph 1—

(a)does not apply to any change in the law effected by this Act, and

(b)is subject to paragraph 8.

3U.K.Any subordinate legislation or other thing which—

(a)has been made or done, or has effect as if made or done, under or for the purposes of a repealed provision, and

(b)is in force or effective immediately before the commencement of the corresponding rewritten provision,

has effect after that commencement as if made or done under or for the purposes of the rewritten provision.

4U.K.Any reference (express or implied) in any enactment, instrument or document to—

(a)a rewritten provision, or

(b)things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of a rewritten provision,

is to be read as including, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which any corresponding repealed provision had effect, a reference to the repealed provision or (as the case may be) things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of the repealed provision.

5U.K.Any reference (express or implied) in any enactment, instrument or document to—

(a)a repealed provision, or

(b)things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of a repealed provision,

is to be read as including, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which any corresponding rewritten provision has effect, a reference to the rewritten provision or (as the case may be) things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of the rewritten provision.

6U.K.Paragraphs 1 to 5 have effect instead of section 17(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978 (but are without prejudice to any other provision of that Act).

7U.K.Paragraphs 4 and 5 apply only in so far as the context permits.

Part 2U.K. Changes in the law

8(1)This paragraph applies where, in the case of any person—U.K.

(a)a thing is done or an event occurs before the relevant date, and

(b)by reason of a change in the law effected by this Act, the tax consequences of that thing or event for a relevant chargeable period are different from what they would otherwise have been.

(2)If that person so elects, this Act has effect in relation to that period with such modifications as may be necessary to secure that those consequences are the same as they would have been without the change in the law.

(3)If this paragraph applies in the case of two or more persons in relation to the same thing or event, an election made under sub-paragraph (2) by any one of those persons is of no effect unless a corresponding election is made by the other or each of the others.

(4)An election under sub-paragraph (2) must be made by notice given to [F1an officer of Revenue and Customs]—

(a)for income tax purposes, within the normal time limit for amending a tax return for the tax year in which the chargeable period ends;

(b)for corporation tax purposes, no later than 2 years after the end of the chargeable period.

(5)In this paragraph—

• “relevant chargeable period” means—

  (a)

  in relation to a change effected by section 536(5)(a) or 537(4), the earliest chargeable period for which the tax consequences of the thing or event are different from what they would otherwise have been;

  (b)

  in relation to any other change, a chargeable period which begins before and ends on or after the relevant date;

• “the relevant date” means 6th April 2001 for income tax purposes and 1st April 2001 for corporation tax purposes.

Part 3U.K. General

Capital expenditureU.K.

9U.K.Subsections (2) and (3) of section 4 apply with the omission of the words “or property business” in relation to expenditure incurred or sums paid or received before 26th November 1996.

Exclusion of double reliefU.K.

10U.K.Section 9 does not apply in relation to expenditure incurred before 24th July 1996.

Part 4U.K. Plant and machinery allowances

IntroductionU.K.

Use for qualifying activity of plant or machinery provided for other purposesU.K.

11Subsections (4) and (5) of section 13 do not apply if the plant or machinery was brought into use before 21st March 2000.

Use for qualifying activity of plant or machinery which is a giftU.K.

12Section 14 applies with the insertion after subsection (1) of—

“(1A)This section does not apply unless the donor was required by section 24(6) of CAA 1990 to bring into account for the purposes there mentioned a disposal value equal to the price which the plant or machinery would have fetched if sold in the open market at the time of the gift.”,

if the plant or machinery was brought into use before 27th July 1989.

Qualifying expenditureU.K.

Buildings, structures and landU.K.

13Sections 21 to 24 do not apply in relation to expenditure—

(a)incurred before 30th November 1993;

(b)incurred before 6th April 1996 in pursuance of a contract entered into before 30th November 1993; or

(c)incurred before 6th April 1996 in pursuance of a contract entered into on or after 30th November 1993 for the purpose of securing that obligations under a contract entered into before 30th November 1993 are complied with.

First-year qualifying expenditureU.K.

F214. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hire-purchase and similar contractsU.K.

Plant or machinery acquired under hire purchase etc.U.K.

15Section 67(2) applies with the omission of the words in brackets if the contract under which the expenditure was incurred was entered into before 27th July 1989.

Plant or machinery on hire purchase etc.: fixturesU.K.

16Section 69(2) does not apply if the plant or machinery became a fixture before 28th July 2000.

Plant or machinery provided by lesseeU.K.

17In section 70(1), paragraphs (c) and (d) do not apply if the lease was entered into before 12th July 1984, or on or after that date under an agreement made before that date.

Computer softwareU.K.

Software and rights to softwareU.K.

18Section 71 does not apply to expenditure incurred before 10th March 1992.

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F319. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Long-life assetsU.K.

Long-life asset expenditureU.K.

20(1)Chapter 10 of Part 2 does not apply to any expenditure incurred—

(a)before 26th November 1996, or

(b)before 1st January 2001 in pursuance of a contract entered into before 26th November 1996.

(2)Chapter 10 of Part 2 does not apply to expenditure incurred by any person (“the purchaser”) on the acquisition of a long-life asset from another (“the seller”) if—

(a)the seller has made a Part 2 claim in respect of expenditure incurred on the provision of the asset (“the seller’s expenditure”),

(b)the claim is one which the seller was entitled to make,

(c)the seller’s expenditure did not fall to be treated as long-life asset expenditure for the purposes of the claim, and

(d)the seller’s expenditure would have been so treated if one or more of the assumptions specified in sub-paragraph (3) were made.

(3)The assumptions are that—

(a)expenditure falling within sub-paragraph (1) is not prevented by that sub-paragraph from being long-life asset expenditure,

(b)the seller’s expenditure was not prevented by sub-paragraph (2) from being long-life asset expenditure, and

(c)Chapter 10 of Part 2 or any provision corresponding to it applied for chargeable periods ending before 26th November 1996.

(4)The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to expenditure incurred in pursuance of a contract entered into before 26th November 1996 does not, in the case of a contract varied at any time on or after that date, include a reference to any expenditure incurred under the contract that exceeds the expenditure that would have been incurred if the contract had not been varied.

(5)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Chapter 10 of Part 2 have the same meaning in this paragraph as in that Chapter; and in particular references in this paragraph to a “Part 2 claim” are to be read in accordance with section 103(3).

Overseas leasingU.K.

Meaning of “overseas leasing”U.K.

21Section 105(2) applies with the substitution for paragraph (b) of—

“(b)does not use the plant or machinery for the purposes of a qualifying activity carried on there or for earning profits chargeable to tax by virtue of section 830(4) of ICTA,”,

in relation to the use of plant or machinery for leasing under a lease entered into before 16th March 1993.

Recovery of first-year allowances in case of joint lesseesU.K.

22(1)Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply if—

(a)expenditure has been incurred on the provision of plant or machinery which is leased as described in section 116(1), and

(b)the whole or a part of the expenditure has qualified for a first-year allowance under—

(i)section 43(4) of CAA 1990, or

(ii)paragraph 47(7).

(2)Section 117(1) applies as if the reference in paragraph (b) to expenditure qualifying for a normal writing-down allowance under section 116(3) included a reference to expenditure qualifying for the first-year allowance.

(3)Subsections (3) to (5) of section 117 apply as if the reference in section 117(3)(b) to expenditure qualifying for a normal writing-down allowance under section 116(3) included a reference to expenditure qualifying for the first-year allowance.

Letting ships or aircraft to obtain old first-year allowance not a qualifying purposeU.K.

23Subsections (1) and (2) of section 123 do not apply if the main object, or one of the main objects—

(a)of the letting of the ship or aircraft on charter,

(b)of a series of transactions of which the letting of the ship or aircraft on charter was one, or

(c)of any of the transactions in such a series,

was to obtain a first-year allowance in respect of expenditure which was first-year qualifying expenditure under paragraph 47 and was incurred by any person on the provision of the ship or aircraft.

Ships: deferments etc.U.K.

Further registration requirementU.K.

24Section 154 does not apply in the case of a ship that was brought into use before 20th July 1994 for the purposes of a qualifying activity carried on by the person incurring the expenditure on the provision of the ship or a person connected with him.

Mining and oil industriesU.K.

Pre-trading expenditure on mineral exploration and accessU.K.

25Section 161 does not apply if—

(a)the person incurred the pre-trading expenditure before 1st April 1986; and

(b)before the first day of trading, the mineral exploration and access at the source in question had ceased.

Abandonment expenditure incurred before cessation of ring fence tradeU.K.

26Section 164 does not apply if the chargeable period in which the abandonment expenditure was incurred ended before 1st July 1991.

Abandonment expenditure incurred after cessation of ring fence tradeU.K.

27Section 165 does not apply if the abandonment expenditure was incurred before 1st July 1991.

Oil production sharing contractsU.K.

28Sections 167 to 171 do not apply if —

(a)the expenditure was incurred before 21st March 2000; or

(b)the expenditure is treated as incurred by virtue of section 13 and the conditions mentioned in subsection (1) of that section were fulfilled before that date.

FixturesU.K.

Meaning of “interest in land” for purposes of Chapter 14 of Part 2 (fixtures)U.K.

29(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies if paragraph 51 of Schedule 12 to the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 has not come into force before the commencement of section 175.

(2)Section 175(1) has effect until the appointed day as if for paragraph (b) there were substituted—

“(b)in Scotland, 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 any agreement to acquire such an estate or interest,”.

(3)In sub-paragraph (2) “the appointed day” means such day as may be appointed by the Scottish Ministers under section 71 of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 for the coming into force of the Act.

Equipment lessorsU.K.

30Section 177(1)(a)(i) does not apply if the agreement for the lease of the plant or machinery was entered into before 19th March 1997.

Equipment lessee has qualifying activity etc.U.K.

31Section 178 applies—

(a)if the agreement for the lease of the plant or machinery was entered into before 19th March 1997, with the omission of the words “which is or is to be” in paragraph (a) and the addition of the word “ and ” at the end of that paragraph; and

(b)if that expenditure was incurred before 24th July 1996, with the omission of paragraph (c) and the substitution for paragraph (b) of—

“(b)if the equipment lessee had incurred the capital expenditure incurred by the equipment lessor on the provision of the plant or machinery, he would, by virtue of section 176, be treated as the owner of the fixture as a result of incurring the expenditure”.

Equipment lessor has right to sever fixture that is not part of buildingU.K.

32Section 179(1) does not apply if the agreement for the lease of the plant or machinery was entered into before 19th March 1997 and applies with—

(a)the addition at the end of paragraph (e) of the word “ and ”, and

(b)the omission of paragraph (g) and the word “and” immediately before it,

if the expenditure of the equipment lessor was incurred before 24th July 1996.

Equipment lease is part of affordable warmth programmeU.K.

33Section 180 does not apply if the expenditure of the equipment lessor was incurred before 28th July 2000.

Purchaser of land giving consideration for fixtureU.K.

34Section 181 applies with—

(a)the omission of the word “and” at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1); and

(b)the insertion after that paragraph of—

“(bb)at the time of the purchasers’ acquisition of the interest, either no person has previously become entitled to an allowance in respect of any capital expenditure incurred on the provision of the fixture or, if any person has become so entitled, that person has been or is required to bring the disposal value of the fixture into account under Chapter 5, and”,

if the purchaser acquired the interest in the relevant land before 24th July 1996.

Purchaser of land discharging obligations of equipment lesseeU.K.

35Section 182 applies with—

(a)the omission of the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (1); and

(b)the insertion after that paragraph of—

“(cc)at the time of the purchasers’ acquisition of the interest, either no person has previously become entitled to an allowance in respect of any capital expenditure incurred on the provision of the fixture or, if any person has become so entitled, that person has been or is required to bring the disposal value of the fixture into account under Chapter 5, and”,

if the purchaser acquired the interest in the relevant land before 24th July 1996.

Incoming lessee where lessor entitled to allowancesU.K.

36Section 183 applies with the insertion after subsection (2) of—

“(3)No election may be made under this section if it appears that the sole or main benefit that may be expected to accrue to the lessor from the grant of the lease and the making of an election is the obtaining of an allowance or deduction or a greater allowance or deduction or the avoidance or reduction of a charge under this Part.”,

if the person who had the interest in the relevant land granted the lease before 24th July 1996.

Incoming lessee where lessor not entitled to allowancesU.K.

37Section 184 applies with—

(a)the omission of the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (1); and

(b)the insertion after that paragraph of—

“(cc)at the time of the grant of the lease, no person has previously become entitled to an allowance in respect of any capital expenditure incurred on the provision of the fixture, and”,

if the person who had the interest in the relevant land granted the lease before 24th July 1996.

Fixture on which a plant and machinery allowance has been claimedU.K.

38Section 185 does not apply if the disposal event which required the disposal value to be brought into account as mentioned in subsection (1)(d) occurred before 24th July 1996.

Fixture on which industrial buildings allowance has been madeU.K.

39Section 186 does not apply if the time mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(ii) is before 24th July 1996.

Fixture on which research and development allowance has been madeU.K.

40Section 187 does not apply if the time mentioned in subsection (1)(d)(ii) is before 24th July 1996.

Disposal value in relation to fixtures: generalU.K.

41In relation to a fixture which a person is treated as ceasing to own before 24th July 1996, section 196 applies with the substitution for subsection (6) of—

“(6)If—

(a)a person (“the former owner”) is treated by virtue of section 188, 190 or 191 as ceasing to own a fixture,

(b)another person incurs expenditure on the provision of the fixture, and

(c)the former owner brings a disposal value into account under Chapter 5,

there is to be disregarded for the purposes of this Part so much (if any) of that expenditure as exceeds that disposal value.

(7)In relation to expenditure incurred before 27th July 1989, subsection (6) has effect with the substitution for the words following “the fixture” in paragraph (b) of the words “there is to be disregarded for the purposes of this Part so much (if any) of that expenditure as exceeds the disposal value which the former owner is required to bring into account under Chapter 5””.

Assets provided or used only partly for qualifying activityU.K.

Effect of significant reduction in use for purposes of qualifying activityU.K.

42Section 208 does not apply if the change of circumstances referred to in subsection (1)(b) of that section occurs before 21st March 2000.

Anti-avoidanceU.K.

Relevant transactions: sale, hire-purchase (etc.) and assignmentU.K.

43Section 213(3) does not apply if the plant or machinery was brought into use before 27th July 1989.

Hire purchase etc. and finance leasesU.K.

44Sections 220 and 229 do not apply in relation to expenditure incurred before 2nd July 1997, or in the 12 months beginning with that date in pursuance of a contract entered into before that date.

Sale and finance leasebacksU.K.

45Sections 221, 222 and 224 to 226 do not apply in relation to expenditure incurred before 2nd July 1998 if the relevant transaction—

(a)is a purchase under a contract entered into before 2nd July 1997;

(b)is itself a contract entered into before that date; or

(c)is an assignment made before that date, or in pursuance of a contract entered into before that date.

Additional VAT liabilities and rebatesU.K.

F446. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F447. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F448. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F449. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F450. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F451. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Supplementary provisionsU.K.

Successions by beneficiariesU.K.

52Section 266(7) does not apply if the succession occurred before 27th July 1989.

53U.K.Subsections (6) and (7) of section 268 do not apply if the election under that section was made before 6th April 1990.

GeneralU.K.

Vehicles provided by employees in 1990-91U.K.

54(1)This paragraph applies if—

(a)at the beginning of the tax year 1990-91 machinery consisting of a mechanically propelled road vehicle was provided by a person for use in the performance of the duties of an office or employment held by him, and

(b)the machinery was also provided by him at the end of the tax year 1989-90 for use in the performance of the duties of that office or employment but without that provision being necessary.

(2)Part 2 of this Act has effect as if the person had incurred capital expenditure on the provision of the machinery for the purposes of the office or employment in the tax year 1990-91—

(a)the amount of that expenditure being taken as the price which the machinery would have fetched if sold in the open market on 6th April 1990, and

(b)the person being treated as owning the machinery as a result of his having incurred that expenditure.

Certain expenditure incurred before 6th April 1976U.K.

55Part 2 of this Act does not apply to capital expenditure—

(a)which was not eligible expenditure within the meaning of section 39 of FA 1976 (which brought expenditure previously not within Chapter I of Part III of FA 1971 within that Chapter but with certain exceptions), and

(b)which was incurred in a chargeable period ending before 6th April 1976.

Part 5U.K. Industrial buildings allowances

Industrial buildingsU.K.

Bridge undertakingsU.K.

F556. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Building used by more than one licenseeU.K.

F557. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Qualifying hotelsU.K.

F558. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Non-industrial part of building disregardedU.K.

F559. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Qualifying expenditureU.K.

Purchase of used building from developerU.K.

F560. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Qualifying enterprise zone expenditureU.K.

F561. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F562U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F563U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Initial allowancesU.K.

Building occupied by qualifying licenseeU.K.

F564. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grants affecting entitlement to initial allowancesU.K.

F565. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Writing-down allowancesU.K.

Basic rule for calculating amount of allowanceU.K.

F566. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Calculation of amount after relevant eventU.K.

F567. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Balancing adjustmentsU.K.

When balancing adjustments are madeU.K.

F568. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net allowance givenU.K.

F569. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F570U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Balancing adjustment on realisation of capital valueU.K.

F571. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Writing off qualifying expenditureU.K.

Writing off qualifying expenditure when building not an industrial buildingU.K.

F572. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Crown or other person not within the charge to tax entitled to the relevant interestU.K.

F573. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Highway undertakingsU.K.

Special provisions relating to highway concessionsU.K.

F574. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Additional VAT liabilities and rebatesU.K.

Additional VAT liabilities and initial allowances: 1992-93 casesU.K.

F575. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Additional VAT liabilities and initial allowances: further caseU.K.

F576. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1992-93 qualifying expenditureU.K.

F577. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Supplementary provisionsU.K.

Arrangements having an artificial effect on pricingU.K.

F578. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GeneralU.K.

Expenditure on preparatory work on land where building used before 6th April 1956U.K.

F579. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 6U.K. Agricultural buildings allowances

Overall limit on balancing chargeU.K.

F580. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Meaning of “freehold interest in land” for purposes of Part 4U.K.

F581. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exclusion of expenditure incurred before 1st April 1986U.K.

F582. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The writing-down periodU.K.

F583. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part 7U.K. Mineral extraction allowances

Qualifying expenditure on acquiring a mineral assetU.K.

Qualifying expenditure where buildings or structures cease to be usedU.K.

84In section 405(3) “A” does not include, in cases where the buildings or structures have permanently ceased to be used for any purpose before 27th July 1989, the amount of any agricultural buildings allowances.

Qualifying expenditure: second-hand assetsU.K.

Claims before 26th November 1996 in respect of acquisition of mineral asset owned by previous traderU.K.

85Section 407(4) does not apply in relation to claims made before 26th November 1996.

Acquisition of oil licence from non-trader before 13th September 1995U.K.

86Section 408 does not apply to acquisitions occurring before 13th September 1995.

Restrictions on qualifying expenditure in case of UK oil licence and certain other assets inapplicable for expenditure pre-16th July 1985U.K.

87(1)The sections listed in sub-paragraph (2) do not apply if—

(a)asset X is a mineral asset situated in the United Kingdom, and

(b)the capital expenditure incurred by the buyer consists of the payment of sums under a contract entered into by him before 16th July 1985.

(2)The sections are—

(a)section 407 (acquisition of mineral asset owned by previous trader),

(b)section 410 (UK oil licence: qualifying expenditure limited by reference to original licence payment), and

(c)section 411 (assets generally: qualifying expenditure limited by reference to previous trader’s unrelieved qualifying expenditure).

(3)Sections 407 and 411 apply, in relation to a case where asset X is a mineral asset situated in the United Kingdom, as if the references to an earlier owner of the asset did not include a person who has not owned the asset at any time after 31st March 1986.

(4)In the case of a mineral asset which consists of or includes an interest in or right over mineral deposits or land, the asset is not to be regarded for the purposes of this paragraph as situated in the United Kingdom unless the deposits or land are or is so situated.

(5)Expressions used in this paragraph and Chapter 4 of Part 5 have the same meaning in this paragraph as they have in that Chapter.

Expenditure incurred pre-1st April 1986U.K.

88(1)Part 5 of this Act does not apply in relation to expenditure incurred before 1st April 1986 (“old expenditure”) except as provided by the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2)Sections 401 and 402 apply to old expenditure if—

(a)that expenditure was incurred on mineral exploration and access,

(b)immediately before 1st April 1986, no allowance had been made under Chapter III of Part I of CAA 1968 in respect of it, and

(c)after that day and before mineral exploration and access ceases at the source in question, the person by whom the expenditure was incurred began or begins to carry on a trade of mineral extraction.

In this sub-paragraph “source” has the same meaning as it had in Schedule 14 to FA 1986.

(3)For the purposes of Part 5—

(a)expenditure which by virtue of any provision of section 119 of CAA 1990 (read with any provision of Schedule 14 to FA 1986) was treated immediately before the coming into force of this Act as expenditure incurred on 1st April 1986 for any purpose or purposes is to continue to be so treated;

(b)any allowances treated as having been made under Schedule 13 to FA 1986 is to continue to be so treated;

(c)any amount treated as qualifying expenditure for the purposes of that Schedule is to continue to be so treated; and

(d)in relation to any expenditure to which paragraph 6(4)(a) of Schedule 14 to FA 1986 applied, section 424 does not apply (so that no deduction is to be made from the amount of any disposal receipt by reference to the undeveloped market value of the land in question).

(4)In the case of expenditure incurred in the acquisition of a mineral asset, nothing in sub-paragraph (3)(c) affects the time as at which under section 404 the undeveloped market value of an interest is to be determined.

(5)In a case where—

(a)by virtue of any provision of this paragraph, the whole or any part of the outstanding balance (within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to FA 1986) of an item of old expenditure is treated for the purposes of Part 5 as qualifying expenditure, and

(b)a balancing charge falls to be made under Chapter 6 of that Part in respect of the expenditure,

then, in determining the amount on which that charge falls to be made, subsection (4) of section 418 has effect (subject to sub-paragraph (6)) as if paragraph (b) of that subsection included a reference to allowances made in respect of the item under Chapter III of Part I of CAA 1968.

(6)Where the qualifying expenditure in respect of which a balancing charge falls to be made represents part only of the outstanding balance of an item of old expenditure, the reference in sub-paragraph (5) to allowances made in respect of that item is to be construed as a reference to such part of those allowances as it is just and reasonable to apportion to that part of the balance (having regard to any apportionment made under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 14 to FA 1986).

Part 8U.K. Research and development allowances

Expenditure incurred partly on research and developmentU.K.

89Section 439(4) does not apply to expenditure incurred before 27th July 1989.

References to research and development in relation to new tradesU.K.

90(1)Where—

(a)a trade is set up and commenced in the year of assessment 1999-00, and

(b)its first period of account ends after 6th April 2001,

Part 6 of this Act has effect in relation to that year as if references to research and development were references to scientific research.

(2)In this paragraph “scientific research” means any activities in the fields of natural or applied science for the extension of knowledge.

Disposal of oil licencesU.K.

91(1)Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where—

(a)a person (“the transferor”) disposes of any interest in an oil licence to another (“the transferee”) during the transitional period,

(b)part of the value of the interest is attributable to allowable exploration expenditure incurred by the transferor, and

(c)an election is made in accordance with this paragraph specifying an amount as the amount to be treated as so attributable.

(2)Chapter 3 of Part 6 has effect in relation to the disposal as if—

(a)the disposal were a disposal by which an asset representing the allowable exploration expenditure ceases to belong to the transferor, and

(b)the disposal value of that asset were an amount equal to the amount specified in the election.

(3)For the purposes of Part 5 of this Act, the amount of any expenditure incurred—

(a)by the transferee in acquiring the interest from the transferor, or

(b)by any person subsequently acquiring the interest (or an interest deriving from the interest),

which is taken to be attributable to expenditure incurred, before the disposal to the transferee, on mineral exploration and access is the lesser of the amount specified in the election and the amount which, apart from this sub-paragraph, would be taken to be so attributable.

(4)An election—

(a)must be made by notice to [F6the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs] given by the transferor, and

(b)subject to sub-paragraph (5), does not have effect unless a copy of it is served on the transferee and the transferee consents to it.

(5)If [F7the tribunal is] satisfied—

(a)that the disposal was made under or in pursuance of an agreement entered into by the transferor and the transferee on the mutual understanding that a quantified (or quantifiable) part of the value of the interest disposed of was attributable to allowable exploration expenditure, and

(b)that the part quantified in accordance with that understanding and the amount specified in the election are the same,

[F8the tribunal] may dispense with the need for the transferee to consent to the election.

[F9(6)An application for the tribunal to determine the question is to be subject to the relevant provisions of Part 5 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (see, in particular, section 48(2)(b) of that Act), and each of the persons concerned is entitled to be a party to the proceedings on the application.]

(7)Subject to sub-paragraph (8), an election may specify any amount, including a nil amount, as the amount to be treated as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c).

(8)Where—

(a)a return has been made for a chargeable period of the transferor, and

(b)the return includes, at the time when it is made, an amount which, disregarding the provisions of this paragraph, would be treated under Chapter 3 of Part 6 as a trading receipt accruing in that period,

the election must not specify an amount less than the amount included in the return unless [F6the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs] agrees the lesser amount in question.

(9)An election made in accordance with this paragraph—

(a)is irrevocable, and

(b)may not be varied after it is made.

(10)For the purposes of this paragraph a disposal is a disposal made during the transitional period if it is one made—

(a)before 13th September 1995, or

(b)on or after that date in pursuance of any obligation to make the disposal which, immediately before that date, was an unconditional obligation.

(11)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (10), the fact that a third party who is not connected with the transferor or the transferee may, by exercising any right or withholding any permission, prevent the fulfilment of an obligation does not prevent the obligation from being treated as unconditional.

(12)In sub-paragraph (11) the reference to a third party is a reference to any person, body, government or public authority, whether within or outside the United Kingdom.

(13)In this paragraph—

• “allowable exploration expenditure” has the same meaning as in section 555;

• “mineral exploration and access” has the same meaning as in Part 5.

(14)All such assessments and adjustments of assessments are to be made as are necessary to give effect to this paragraph.

Part 9U.K. Patent allowances

Expenditure incurred before 1st April 1986U.K.

Scope of paragraphs 93 to 101U.K.

92(1)Paragraphs 93 to 101 apply to capital expenditure incurred by a person before 1st April 1986 on the purchase of patent rights.

(2)Chapters 2 to 4 of Part 8 do not apply to such expenditure, except for certain provisions which are specifically applied by paragraph 101.

Qualifying expenditure and unrelieved qualifying expenditureU.K.

93(1)In this paragraph and paragraphs 94 to 101, “qualifying expenditure” means capital expenditure incurred before 1st April 1986 on the purchase of patent rights.

(2)The result of Steps 1 to 3 is the unrelieved qualifying expenditure for a chargeable period.

Step 1

Take an item of qualifying expenditure.

Step 2

Subtract any writing-down allowances made in respect of that expenditure for earlier chargeable periods.

Step 3

If the person who incurred the expenditure sold any part of the patent rights before the beginning of the chargeable period, subtract the net proceeds of sale (so far as they consist of capital sums).

Entitlement to writing-down allowancesU.K.

94(1)A writing-down allowance is made for a chargeable period in respect of an item of qualifying expenditure if—

(a)the chargeable period falls wholly or partly within the writing-down period for that expenditure (as determined in accordance with paragraph 95),

(b)paragraph 97 does not prohibit writing-down allowances for that period, and

(c)either—

(i)the trade use condition is met for that period, or

(ii)any income receivable by that person in respect of the patent rights in that period would be liable to tax.

(2)The trade use condition is that—

(a)the person is carrying on in the chargeable period a trade which is within the charge to tax, and

(b)at any time in the chargeable period the patent rights, or other rights out of which they were granted, were, or were to be, used for the purposes of the trade.

(3)The total writing-down allowances made in respect of an item of qualifying expenditure (whether to the same or to different persons) must not exceed the amount of that expenditure.

The writing-down periodU.K.

95(1)The writing-down period for an item of qualifying expenditure—

(a)begins at the beginning of the chargeable period in respect of which the expenditure is incurred, and

(b)is of a length determined in accordance with the Table, which shows the basic rule, and the rules which apply instead of the basic rule in the cases described in items 2 and 3.

(2)For the purpose of determining the writing-down period, expenditure incurred for the purposes of a trade by a person about to carry on the trade is treated as if incurred on the first day on which that person carries on that trade, unless that person has by then sold all the rights on which the expenditure was incurred.

(3)“The commencement of the patent”, means, in relation to a patent, the date as from which the patent rights become effective.

Calculation of writing-down allowancesU.K.

96(1)The basic rule for calculating a writing-down allowance for an item of qualifying expenditure is—

(2)The basic rule is subject to the rules about—

(a)cessation of writing-down allowances (paragraph 97), and

(b)reduced writing-down allowances (paragraph 98).

End of writing-down allowancesU.K.

97(1)No writing-down allowance is to be made to a person for a chargeable period in respect of qualifying expenditure incurred on the purchase of patent rights if any of the following occur in that period—

(a)the patent rights come to an end without being subsequently revived,

(b)the person sells all of those rights, or so much of them as that person still owned at the beginning of the chargeable period, or

(c)the person sells part of those rights, and the net proceeds of sale for that period (so far as they consist of capital sums) are not less than the amount of the unrelieved qualifying expenditure for that period.

(2)If a writing-down allowance in respect of qualifying expenditure is prohibited by sub-paragraph (1) for a chargeable period, no writing-down allowance is to be made in respect of that expenditure for any subsequent chargeable period.

Reduced writing-down allowanceU.K.

98(1)If a person sells part of any patent rights in a chargeable period, and for that period U is greater than N, the writing-down allowance for that period is—

(2)If an amount is calculated under sub-paragraph (1) for a chargeable period, that amount is also the amount of the writing-down allowance for subsequent chargeable periods until another sale in a period for which U is greater than N causes a fresh calculation to be made under sub-paragraph (1).

(3)If a chargeable period is more or less than a year, an allowance calculated under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) is proportionately increased or reduced.

Balancing allowance on sale or expiry of patent rightsU.K.

99(1)A person is entitled to a balancing allowance for a chargeable period in respect of qualifying expenditure if there is unrelieved qualifying expenditure for that period and any of the following occur in that period—

(a)the patent rights come to an end without subsequently being revived, or

(b)the person sells all of those rights, or so much of them as that person still owned at the beginning of the period.

This is subject to sub-paragraph (2).

(2)The person is not entitled to a balancing allowance unless—

(a)a writing-down allowance has been given in respect of the expenditure, or

(b)a writing-down allowance could, but for the rights coming to an end or being sold, have been given in respect of the expenditure.

(3)The amount of the balancing allowance is—

(a)in the case of a sale, equal to the unrelieved qualifying expenditure for the chargeable period, less the net proceeds of sales taking place in the chargeable period (so far as they consist of capital sums), and

(b)in any other case, equal to the unrelieved qualifying expenditure for the chargeable period.

Balancing chargesU.K.

100(1)A balancing charge is made on a person for a chargeable period in respect of qualifying expenditure if in that period—

(a)the person sells some or all of the patent rights, and

(b)the net proceeds of sale (so far as they consist of capital sums) from the sales in that period exceed any unrelieved qualifying expenditure for that period.

The charge is calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)If there is no unrelieved qualifying expenditure, the amount of the balancing charge is equal to the net proceeds of sale (so far as they consist of capital sums).

This is subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).

(3)If there is some unrelieved qualifying expenditure, the amount of the balancing charge is equal to the amount by which the net proceeds of sale (so far as they consist of capital sums) exceed the unrelieved qualifying expenditure.

This is subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).

(4)The total amount of the first balancing charge must not exceed the total writing-down allowances actually given in respect of the expenditure.

(5)The total amount on which a second or further balancing charge is made must not exceed the total writing-down allowances actually made in respect of the expenditure, less the amount of any earlier charge.

Giving effect to allowances and chargesU.K.

101(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies if—

(a)a person is entitled to a writing-down allowance or a balancing allowance or liable to a balancing charge in respect of qualifying expenditure, and

(b)the trade use condition is met.

(2)The allowance or charge is to be given effect in calculating the profits of that person’s trade, by treating—

(a)the allowance as an expense of the trade, and

(b)the charge as a receipt of the trade.

(3)Sub-paragraph (4) applies if—

(a)a person is entitled to a writing-down allowance or a balancing allowance or liable to a balancing charge in respect of qualifying expenditure, and

(b)the trade use condition is not met.

(4)Sections 479 and 480 apply in relation to giving effect to the allowance or charge referred to in sub-paragraph (3) as they apply in relation to giving effect to an allowance or charge under Chapter 3 of Part 8 in respect of qualifying non-trade expenditure.

(5)For the purposes of Part 8 a person’s “income from patents” includes balancing charges to which the person is liable in respect of qualifying expenditure.

Supplementary provisionsU.K.

Limit on qualifying expenditureU.K.

102Section 481 does not apply to expenditure incurred before 1st April 1986, and subsections (5) and (6) of that section do not apply to expenditure incurred before 27th July 1989.

Part 10U.K. Dredging allowances

Writing-down allowancesU.K.

103(1)Section 487(2) applies with the substitution of “ 50 years ” for “25 years” in the case of expenditure incurred before 6th November 1962.

(2)Section 487(3) applies with the substitution of “ 2% ” for “4%” in the case of expenditure incurred before 6th November 1962.

Balancing allowancesU.K.

104The reference in section 488(1)(d) to allowances previously made in respect of the expenditure—

(a)includes any initial allowance made in respect of it under section 17 of FA 1956 or section 67 of CAA 1968, and

(b)except in relation to initial allowances, is to be construed as if section 17 of FA 1956 had always had effect (instead of having effect only for chargeable periods after the year 1955-56).

The writing-down periodU.K.

105(1)This paragraph applies where it is provided under Part 9 that writing-down allowances are to be made in respect of any expenditure during a writing-down period of any specified length.

(2)If allowances were made under paragraph 27(2) of Schedule 14 to [F10FA] 1965—

(a)for income tax purposes, for either of the tax years 1964-65 and 1965-66, and

(b)for accounting periods of a company falling wholly or partly within either of those years,

the periods for which allowances were made are added together in calculating the writing-down period, even though (according to the calendar) the same time is counted twice.

Part 11U.K. Contributions

Regional development grantsU.K.

106(1)Section 534(1) applies as if a grant falling within that subsection included—

(a)a grant made under Part II of the Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52) on an application made before 1st April 1988;

(b)a grant made under Part I of the Industry Act 1972 (c. 63), or a grant made under Northern Ireland legislation and declared by the Treasury to correspond to a grant under that Part.

(2)Section 534(2) does not apply if the expenditure was incurred, or the grant was paid, before 10th March 1982.

Contributions not made by public bodies and not eligible for tax reliefU.K.

107Section 536 applies with the omission of subsection (3)(b) in relation to contributions made before 27th July 1989.

Conditions for allowancesU.K.

108In section 536(5), as it applies for the purposes of section 537(2), paragraphs (a)(iv) and (b) do not apply in relation to contributions made before 27th July 1989.

Agricultural buildingsU.K.

109Section 538(2)(b)(ii) applies in relation to contributions made before 6th April 1990 with the omission of “or to allocate the expenditure to a pool under Part 2”.

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Part 12U.K. Supplemental

Transfer of insurance company businessU.K.

111Section 560 applies with—

(a)the substitution for subsection (1) of—

“(1)This section applies if assets are transferred as part of, or in connection with, a transfer of the whole or part of the long term business of an insurance company to another company in accordance with a scheme sanctioned by a court under section 49 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982.”;

and

(b)the omission of subsection (2),

in relation to transfers sanctioned or authorised before 1st July 1994.

Election regarding sale considerationU.K.

112(1)In relation to a transfer to which this paragraph applies, section 569(3) applies with the substitution for paragraph (a) of—

“(a)any of the parties is not resident in the United Kingdom at the time of the transfer and the circumstances are not at that time such that a relevant allowance or charge falls or might fall to be made to or on that party as a result of the transfer;”.

(2)This paragraph applies to—

(a)a transfer before 16th March 1993;

(b)a transfer in pursuance of a contract entered into before that date; and

(c)a transfer in pursuance of a contract entered into for the purpose of securing that obligations under a contract entered into before that date are complied with.

Part 13U.K. Other enactments

113(1)Subsections (2) and (3) of section 578A of ICTA (expenditure on car hire) apply with the substitution of “ £8,000 ” for “£12,000” in relation to expenditure incurred under a contract entered into before 11th March 1992.U.K.

(2)Subsection (4) of that section does not apply in relation to rebates made or transactions occurring before 29th April 1996.

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115U.K.The repeals made by CAA 1990 do not have effect in relation to capital expenditure—

(a)which was not eligible expenditure within the meaning of section 39 of FA 1976 (which brought expenditure previously not within Chapter I of Part III of FA 1971 within that Chapter but with certain exceptions), and

(b)which was incurred in a chargeable period ending before 6th April 1976.

116(1)Sections 40A to 40D of F(No.2)A 1992 (films) apply with the necessary modifications in relation to—U.K.

(a)expenditure on the production of a film—

(i)completed before 21st March 2000, or

(ii)completed on or after that date, if the first day of principal photography is before that date, unless the person incurring the expenditure elects that those modifications should not apply;

(b)expenditure on the acquisition of a film, tape or disc incurred before 6th April 2000.

(2)The necessary modifications are—

(a)the substitution for section 40A(1) of—

“(1)Expenditure which—

(a)is incurred on the production or acquisition of a film, tape or disc, and

(b)would, apart from this subsection, constitute capital expenditure on the provision of plant or machinery for the purposes of Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act,

is to be regarded for the purposes of the Tax Acts as expenditure of a revenue nature unless an election under section 40D below has effect with respect to it.”;

(b)in section 40A(2), the substitution of “ the production or acquisition of a film, tape or disc ” for “the [F13original master] version of a film” and of “ of the film, tape or disc ” for “of the [F13original master] version”;

(c)in section 40A(3), the substitution of “ [F14a film,] tape or disc ” for “[F15the original master] version of a film” and of “ the film, tape or disc ” for “the [F16original master ] version” (in both places);

(d)the [F17insertion after section 40A(4)] of—

“(5)In this section and sections 40B to 40D below—

(a)any reference to a film is a reference to an original master negative of the film and its soundtrack, if any;

(b)any reference to a tape is a reference to an original master film tape or original master audio tape; and

(c)any reference to a disc is a reference to an original master film disc or original master audio disc;

and any reference to the acquisition of a film, tape or disc includes a a reference to the acquisition of any description of rights in a film, tape or disc.”;

(e)in section 40B(1), the substitution of “ films, tapes or discs ” for “[F18original master] versions of films” and of “ [F19a film,] tape or disc ” for “[F20the original master] version of a film”;

(f)in section 40B(4), the substitution of “ film, tape or disc ” for “[F21original master] version of the film” and of “ film, tape or disc ” for “[F21original master] version”;

(g)in section 40B(5), the substitution of “ film, tape or disc ” for “[F21original master] version of the film”;

(h)in section 40C(1), the substitution of “ film, tape or disc ” for “[F21original master] version of the film”;

(i)in section 40C(2), the substitution of “ film, tape or disc ” for “[F21original master] version of the film”;

(j)in section 40D(2), the substitution of “ films, tapes or discs ” [F22for “original master versions of films”, of a “ film, tape or disc ” for “the original master version of a film” and of “ film, tape or disc ” for “original master version” (in both places);” ]

(k)in section 40D(3), the substitution of “ film, tape or disc ” for “[F23original master] version”;

(l)in section 40D(4), the substitution of “ film, tape or disc ” for “[F23original master] version of the film” (in both places);

(m)in section 40D(6), the substitution of “ a film, tape or disc ” for “the [F23original master] version of a film” and of “ of the film, tape or disc ” for “of the [F23original master] version”; and

(n)in section 40D(7), the substitution of “[F24a film,] tape or disc ” for “[F25the original master] version of a film”.

(3)An election under sub-paragraph (1)(a) is irrevocable.

(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) a film is completed at the time when it is first in a form in which it can reasonably be regarded as ready for copies of it to be made and distributed for presentation to the general public.

(5)In sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)“film” means an original master negative of the film and its soundtrack, if any;

(b)“tape” means an original master film tape or original master audio tape; and

(c)“disc” means an original master film disc or original master audio disc;

and the acquisition of a film, tape or disc includes the acquisition of any description of rights in a film, tape or disc.

117U.K.Section 40D of F(No.2)A 1992 (election relating to tax treatment of films expenditure) applies with the omission of—

(a)paragraph (a) of subsection (1); and

(b)subsections (3) to (7),

if the film, tape or disc of the film was completed before 10th March 1992.