Capital Allowances Act 2001

[F1 Meaning of “plant or machinery lease” U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 Ch. 6A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 15 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 8 para. 7

70K “Plant or machinery lease” U.K.

(1) A “plant or machinery lease” is any of the following—

(a) any agreement or arrangement to which subsection (2) applies,

(b) any other agreement or arrangement, to the extent that subsection (3) applies to it,

(c) where plant or machinery is the subject of a sale and finance leaseback, as defined in section 221, the finance lease mentioned in subsection (1)(c) of that section,

and “lease”, “lessor”, “lessee” and other related expressions are to be construed accordingly.

(2) This subsection applies to an agreement or arrangement—

(a) under which a person grants to another person the right to use plant or machinery for a period, and

(b) which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, falls (or would fall) to be treated as a lease.

(3) This subsection applies to an agreement or arrangement to the extent that—

(a) in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, it falls (or would fall) to be treated as a lease, and

(b) it meets the conditions in subsection (4).

(4) The conditions are that, for the purposes of generally accepted accounting practice,—

(a) the agreement or arrangement conveys, or falls (or would fall) to be regarded as conveying, the right to use an asset, and

(b) the asset is plant or machinery.

(5) In the case of an agreement or arrangement that falls (or would fall) within subsection (2) or (3) immediately after the commencement of the term of the lease, the condition in subsection (2)(b) or (3)(a) (as the case may be) is to be taken to be met as respects any time in the pre-commencement period.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the “pre-commencement period” is the period that—

(a) begins with the inception of the lease, and

(b) ends with the commencement of the term of the lease.

70L Plant or machinery leased with other assets: separate derived leases U.K.

(1) This section applies in any case where an agreement or arrangement (the “mixed lease”) at any time relates, or is to relate, or has come to relate, to both—

(a) plant or machinery of any particular description (the “relevant plant or machinery”), and

(b) other assets (whether or not also plant or machinery).

(2) A mixed lease is an “eligible mixed lease” if—

(a) under generally accepted accounting practice, it falls (or would fall) to be treated as a lease, or

(b) the relevant plant or machinery is the subject of a sale and finance leaseback, as defined in section 221, and the mixed lease is or includes the finance lease mentioned in subsection (1)(c) of that section.

(3) In the case of an agreement or arrangement that falls (or would fall) within paragraph (a) of subsection (2) immediately after the commencement of the term of the lease, the condition in that paragraph is to be taken to be met as respects any time in the pre-commencement period.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the “pre-commencement period” is the period that—

(a) begins with the inception of the lease, and

(b) ends with the commencement of the term of the lease.

(5) Where this section applies—

(a) the eligible mixed lease, so far as relating to the relevant plant or machinery, and

(b) the eligible mixed lease, so far as relating to other assets,

shall be treated for the purposes of this Part (other than this section) as if they were separate agreements or arrangements.

(6) Any such notional separate agreement or arrangement is referred to in this Part as a “derived lease”.

(7) Section 70M makes further provision with respect to derived leases of plant or machinery.

70M Derived leases of plant or machinery: term and rentals U.K.

(1) This section has effect in any case where, as a result of applying section 70L, there is a derived lease of the relevant plant or machinery.

(2) This section makes provision with respect to—

(a) determining whether the derived lease is a plant or machinery lease (see subsection (3)),

(b) the term of the derived lease (see subsection (4)),

(c) the rentals to be regarded as payable under the derived lease (see subsections (5) to (7)).

(3) Any question whether the derived lease—

(a) is a plant or machinery lease, or

(b) if it is such a lease, whether it is also a long funding lease,

is to be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

(4) The term of the derived lease—

(a) is limited to the remaining useful economic life of the relevant plant or machinery at the commencement of the term of the derived lease, but

(b) subject to that, is to be determined in accordance with section 70YF (the “term” of a lease).

(5) The rentals that are to be regarded as payable under the derived lease shall be such rentals (the “deemed rentals”) as are just and reasonable in all the circumstances of the case.

(6) It shall be assumed that rentals under the derived lease are payable in equal instalments throughout the term of the lease, unless it is reasonable to draw a different conclusion from all the circumstances of the case.

(7) In determining the amount of any deemed rentals, regard shall be had to—

(a) all the provisions of the eligible mixed lease,

(b) the nature of the relevant plant or machinery,

(c) the value of the relevant plant or machinery at the commencement of the term of the derived lease,

(d) the amount which, at the commencement of the term of the derived lease, is expected to be the market value of the relevant plant or machinery at the end of the term of the derived lease,

(e) the remaining useful economic life of the relevant plant or machinery at the commencement of the term of the derived lease;

(f) the term of the derived lease.

(8) Expressions used in section 70L have the same meaning in this section.]