[F191A Waste disposal: restoration payments.U.K.
(1)This section applies where on or after 6th April 1989 a person makes a site restoration payment in the course of carrying on a trade.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax the payment shall be allowed as a deduction in computing the [F2profits] of the trade for the period of account in which the payment is made.
(3)Subsection (2) above shall not apply to so much of the payment as—
(a)represents expenditure which has been allowed as a deduction in computing the [F2profits] of the trade for any period of account preceding the period of account in which the payment is made, or
(b)represents capital expenditure in respect of which an allowance has been, or may be, made under the enactments relating to capital allowances.
(4)For the purposes of this section a site restoration payment is a payment made—
(a)in connection with the restoration of a site or part of a site, and
(b)in order to comply with any condition of a relevant licence, or any condition imposed on the grant of planning permission to use the site for the carrying out of waste disposal activities, or [F3any relevant obligation].
(5)For the purposes of this section waste disposal activities are the collection, treatment, conversion and final depositing of waste materials, or any of those activities.
(6)For the purposes of this section a relevant icence is—
(a)a disposal licence under Part I of the M1Control of Pollution Act 1974 or Part II of the M2Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, or
(b)a waste management licence under Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or any corresponding provision for the time being in force in Northern Ireland [F4or
(c)any authorisation under the M3Radioactive Substances Act 1960 or the M4Radioactive Substances Act 1993 for the disposal of radioactive waste or any nuclear site licence under the M5Nuclear Installations Act 1965.]
[F5(7)For the purposes of this section a relevant obligation is—
(a)an obligation arising under an agreement made under—
(i)section 106 of the M6Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as originally enacted;
(ii)[F6section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997]
(b)a planning obligation entered into under section 106 of the Act of 1990, as substituted by section 12 of the M7Planning and Compensation Act 1991, or under section 299A of the Act of 1990;
(c)an obligation arising under or under an agreement made under any provision—
(i)corresponding to section 106 of the M6Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as originally enacted or as substituted by the Act of 1991 or to section 299A of the Act of 1990; and
(ii)for the time being in force in Northern Ireland.]
(8)For the purposes of this section a period of account is a period for which an account is made up.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 91A, 91B inserted by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), s. 78.
F2Words in s. 91A(2)(3)(a) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a)(b), Sch. 7 para. 1
F3Words in s. 91A(4)(b) substituted (25.10.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 83(a); S.I. 1991/2272, art. 3(2)
F4S. 91A(6)(c) and the word “or” immediately preceding it inserted (27.7.1993 with effect in relation to any case where the trade in question is begun after 31.3.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 110(1)(3)
F5S. 91A(7) substituted (25.10.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 83(b); S.I. 1991/2272, art. 3(2)
F6Words in s. 91A(7) substituted (S.) (27.5.1997) by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 11), s. 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 41
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