9(1)If—
(a)a qualifying company incurs qualifying pre-commencement expenditure in respect of a ring fence trade, and
(b)the expenditure is incurred before the commencement period,
the company may claim supplement under this Part of this Schedule (“pre-commencement supplement”) in respect of one or more pre-commencement periods.
(2)Any pre-commencement supplement allowed on a claim in respect of a pre-commencement period is to be treated as expenditure—
(a)which is incurred by the company in the commencement period, and
(b)which is allowable as a deduction in calculating the profits of the ring fence trade for that period.
(3)The amount of the supplement for any pre-commencement period in respect of which a claim under this paragraph is made is the relevant percentage for that period of the reference amount for that period.
(4)If the pre-commencement period is a period of less than twelve months, the amount of the supplement for the period (apart from this sub-paragraph) is to be reduced proportionally.
(5)Paragraphs 10 to 13 have effect for the purpose of determining the reference amount for a pre-commencement period.
10(1)For the purpose of determining the amount of any pre-commencement supplement, a qualifying company is to be taken to have had, at all times in the pre-commencement periods of the company, a continuing mixed pool of—
(a)the relevant amount (if any) which the company carries forward under Schedule 19B,
(b)qualifying pre-commencement expenditure, and
(c)pre-commencement supplement.
(2)The pool is to be taken to have consisted of—
(a)the relevant amount (if any) which the company carries forward under Schedule 19B,
(b)the company's qualifying pre-commencement expenditure, allocated to the pool for each pre-commencement period in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), and
(c)the company's pre-commencement supplement, allocated to the pool for each pre-commencement period in accordance with sub-paragraph (4).
(3)To allocate qualifying pre-commencement expenditure to the pool for any pre-commencement period, take the following steps—
(a)Step 1: count as eligible expenditure for that period so much of the qualifying pre-commencement expenditure mentioned in paragraph 9(1) as was incurred in that period,
(b)Step 2: find the total of all the eligible expenditure for that period (amount E),
(c)Step 3: if paragraph 11 applies, reduce amount E in accordance with that paragraph,
(d)Step 4: if paragraph 12 applies, reduce (or, as the case may be, further reduce) amount E in accordance with that paragraph,
and so much of amount E as remains after making those reductions is to be taken to have been added to the pool in that period.
(4)If any pre-commencement supplement is allowed on a claim in respect of a pre-commencement period, the amount of that supplement is to be taken to have been added to the pool in that period.
(5)In this paragraph references to the relevant amount (if any) which the company carries forward under Schedule 19B are to the amount in its mixed pool for the purposes of Part 3 of Schedule 19B immediately before 1st January 2006.
11(1)This paragraph applies in the case of the qualifying company if—
(a)it incurs qualifying pre-commencement expenditure in respect of a ring fence trade in any pre-commencement period,
(b)it would, on the relevant assumption, be entitled to an allowance under any provision of the Capital Allowances Act in respect of that expenditure,
(c)an event occurs in relation to any asset representing the expenditure in any pre-commencement period, and
(d)the event would, on the relevant assumption, require a disposal value (the “deductible amount”) to be brought into account under any provision of the Capital Allowances Act for any pre-commencement period.
(2)The relevant assumption is that the company was carrying on the ring fence trade—
(a)when the expenditure was incurred, and
(b)when the event giving rise to the disposal value occurred.
(3)For the purpose of allocating qualifying pre-commencement expenditure to the pool for each pre-commencement period—
(a)find the total amount of the disposal values in the case of all such events (amount D), and
(b)taking later periods before earlier periods, reduce (but not below nil) amount E for any pre-commencement period by setting against it so much of amount D as does not fall to be set against amount E for a later pre-commencement period.
12(1)This paragraph applies if there is an amount of unrelieved group ring fence profits for a pre-commencement period.
(2)For the purpose of allocating qualifying pre-commencement expenditure to the pool for that period—
(a)find so much (if any) of amount E for that period as remains after any reduction falling to be made under paragraph 11, and
(b)reduce that amount (but not below nil) by setting against it a sum equal to the aggregate of the amounts of unrelieved group ring fence profits for the period.
13For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the reference amount for a pre-commencement period is the amount in the pool at the end of the period—
(a)after the addition to the pool of any qualifying pre-commencement expenditure allocated to the pool for that period in accordance with paragraph 10(3), but
(b)before determining, and adding to the pool, the amount of any pre-commencement supplement claimed in respect of the period.
14(1)Any claim for pre-commencement supplement in respect of a pre-commencement period must be made as a claim for the commencement period.
(2)Paragraph 74 of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (company tax returns etc: time limit for claims for group relief) applies in relation to a claim for pre-commencement supplement as it applies in relation to a claim for group relief.