Part IIU.K. Machinery and Plant

Chapter VIU.K. Fixtures

[F156A Restriction on duplicate allowances under sections 54 and 56.U.K.

(1)Where the relevant conditions are satisfied in relation to any case in which the provisions of section 54(1) or section 56 would (but for this section) be treated as applying, those provisions shall not apply in that case, and shall be treated as never having applied in that case.

(2)The relevant conditions are as follows—

(a)that an interest in any land in which the whole or any part of the relevant land is comprised is held by any person immediately after the relevant time;

(b)that that interest is not the one which—

(i)in a case falling within section 54(1)(a), is acquired by the purchaser; or

(ii)in a case falling within section 56(a), is acquired by the lessee in consequence of the grant of the lease;

(c)that the person with that interest is a person falling to be treated for the purposes of this Part as a person to whom the fixture belonged immediately before the relevant time in consequence of the incurring by him of expenditure on the provision of the fixture;

(d)that that person does not fall to be so treated by virtue of section 154;

(e)that that person is entitled to an allowance in respect of that expenditure and makes or has made a claim for that allowance; and

(f)that the relevant time is on or after 24th July 1996.

(3)In this section “the relevant time” means, as the case may be—

(a)the time when the purchaser acquires his interest in the relevant land; or

(b)the time of the grant of the lease.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 56A-56D inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 4(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 16 para. 4(1)