Finance Act 2000

Quantitative restrictions on allowances U.K.

94 (1) Where the lessor under the F1 ... lease is entitled to capital allowances in respect of expenditure on the provision of the ship, the following provisions apply. U.K.

(2) There is no entitlement to any [F2 annual investment allowance or] first-year allowance.

(3) The lessor is entitled—

(a) in respect of the first £40 million of the cost of providing the ship, to writing-down allowances at [F3 the rate determined under sub-paragraph (3A)] on the reducing balance, and

(b) in respect of the next £40 million, to writing-down allowances at [F4 the rate specified in section 104D(1) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001] on the reducing balance.

[F5 (3A) The rate mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(a) is—

(a) if the rate of the writing down allowance to which the lessor would be entitled in respect of the expenditure apart from this paragraph is that specified in section 56(1) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001, that rate, and

(b) otherwise, the rate specified in section 104D(1) of that Act.]

(4) The expenditure F6 ... shall be allocated to separate pools [F7 in accordance with sub-paragraph (4A)] and dealt with under [F8 Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001] in the same way as expenditure allocated to a class pool.

F9 ...

[F10 (4A) The expenditure is to be allocated to the following pools—

(a) to the extent that it is expenditure in respect of which the lessor is entitled to writing down allowance at the rate specified in section 56(1) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001, a pool to be known as “the tonnage tax (main rate) pool”, and

(b) to the extent that it is expenditure in respect of which the lessor is entitled to writing down allowance at the rate specified in section 104D(1) of that Act, a pool to be known as “the tonnage tax (special rate) pool”.]

(5) If the cost of providing the ship exceeds £80 million, the lessor is not entitled to capital allowances in respect of the excess.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 22 para. 94(1) repealed (10.7.2003) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 32 para. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 32 para. 1(2), Sch. 43 Pt. 3(11) (with Sch. 32 para. 4)

F2 Words in Sch. 22 para. 94(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 23 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 24 para. 19(3)

F3 Words in Sch. 22 para. 94(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 57(8)-(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 57(2)(a)

F4 Words in Sch. 22 para. 94(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 57(8)-(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 57(2)(b)

F5 Sch. 22 para. 94(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 57(8)-(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 57(2)(c)

F6 Words in Sch. 22 para. 94(4) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 57(8)-(9) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 57(2)(d)(i)

F7 Words in Sch. 22 para. 94(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 57(8)-(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 57(2)(d)(ii)

F8 Words in Sch. 22 para. 94(4) substituted (22.3.2001 with effect as mentioned in s. 579(1) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 2, ss. 578, 579, Sch. 2 para. 108(27)

F9 Words in Sch. 22 para. 94(4) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 57(8)-(9) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 57(2)(d)(iii)

F10 Sch. 22 para. 94(4A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 57(8)-(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 57(2)(e)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 22 para. 94(3)(a) modified (with effect in accordance with s. 10(8)-(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 10(5)-(7)

C2 Sch. 22 para. 94(3)(b) modified (with effect in accordance with s. 10(8)-(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 10(5)-(7)

C3 Sch. 22 para. 94(4) modified (with effect in accordance with s. 10(8)-(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 10(5)-(7)