SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 33PRT: elections for oil fields to become non-taxable

Part 2Other amendments

OTA 1975

2

In section 6 of OTA 1975 (allowances of unrelievable loss from abandoned field), in subsection (1A), after “this Act” insert “ and paragraph 5 of Schedule 20A to the Finance Act 1993 ”.

FA 1980

3

In Schedule 17 to FA 1980 (transfers of interests in oil fields), in paragraph 15 (terminal losses), after sub-paragraph (9) insert—

9A

This paragraph is subject to paragraph 5 of Schedule 20A to the Finance Act 1993.

Oil Taxation Act 1983

4

In section 9 of the Oil Taxation Act 1983 (c. 56) (tariff receipts allowance), in subsection (5)(a), for the words from “other than” to the end substitute

other than—

i

the principal field, or

ii

an oil field that is a non-taxable field by virtue of section 185(1) or (1A) of the Finance Act 1993.