224 Restriction on B’s qualifying expenditureU.K.
(1)If plant or machinery is the subject of a sale and finance leaseback the amount, if any, by which B’s expenditure under the relevant transaction exceeds D is to be left out of account in determining B’s available qualifying expenditure.
D is defined in subsections (2) and (3).
(2)If S is required to bring a disposal value into account under this Part because of the relevant transaction, D is that disposal value (determined in accordance with section 222).
(3)If S is not required to bring a disposal value into account under this Part because of the relevant transaction, D is whichever of the following is the smallest—
(a)the market value of the plant or machinery;
(b)if S incurred capital expenditure on the provision of the plant or machinery, the notional written-down value of that capital expenditure;
(c)if a person connected with S incurred capital expenditure on the provision of the plant or machinery, the notional written-down value of that capital expenditure.
(4)In this section “the notional written-down value”, in relation to expenditure incurred by a person on the provision of plant or machinery, has the meaning given by section 222(3).
(5)This section does not apply if the finance lease or any transaction or series of transactions of which it forms a part makes provision such as is described in section 225(1).