Excluded activitiesU.K.
26(1)The following are excluded activities—U.K.
(a)dealing in land, in commodities or futures or in shares, securities or other financial instruments;
(b)dealing in goods otherwise than in the course of an ordinary trade of wholesale or retail distribution;
(c)banking, insurance, money-lending, debt-factoring, hire-purchase financing or other financial activities;
(d)leasing (including letting ships on charter or other assets on hire) or receiving royalties or other licence fees;
(e)providing legal or accountancy services;
(f)property development;
(g)farming or market gardening;
(h)holding, managing or occupying woodlands, any other forestry activities or timber production;
[F1(ha)shipbuilding;
(hb)producing coal;
(hc)producing steel;]
(i)operating or managing hotels or comparable establishments or managing property used as a hotel or comparable establishment; and
(j)operating or managing nursing homes or residential care homes, or managing property used as a nursing home or residential care home.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) is supplemented by the following provisions—
paragraph 27 (wholesale and retail distribution);
paragraph 28 (leasing of ships);
paragraph 29 (receipt of royalties and licence fees);
paragraph 30 (property development);
[F2paragraph 30A (shipbuilding);
paragraph 30B (producing coal);
paragraph 30C (producing steel);]
paragraph 31 (hotels and comparable establishments);
paragraph 32 (nursing homes and residential care homes); and
paragraph 33 (provision of facilities for another business).
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 15 para. 26(1)(ha)-(hc) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 11 paras. 2(a), 10 (with Sch. 11 para. 11)
F2Words in Sch. 15 para. 26(2) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 11 paras. 2(b), 10 (with Sch. 11 para. 11)