Finance Act 2000

Quantitative restrictions on allowancesU.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 [F2annual investment allowance or] first-year allowance.

(3)The lessor is entitled—

(a)in respect of the first [F3£100 million] of the cost of providing the ship, to writing-down allowances at [F4the rate determined under sub-paragraph (3A)] on the reducing balance, and

(b)in respect of the next [F3£100 million], to writing-down allowances at [F5the rate specified in section 104D(1) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001] on the reducing balance.

[F6(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 F7... shall be allocated to separate pools [F8in accordance with sub-paragraph (4A)] and dealt with under [F9Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001] in the same way as expenditure allocated to a class pool.

F10...

[F11(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 [F12£200 million], the lessor is not entitled to capital allowances in respect of the excess.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in Sch. 22 para. 94(1) repealed (10.7.2003) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 32 para. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 32 para. 1(2), Sch. 43 Pt. 3(11) (with Sch.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)

F2Words 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)

F3Sum in Sch. 22 para. 94(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 10(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), s. 10(2)

F4Words 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)

F5Words 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)

F6Sch. 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)

F7Words 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)

F8Words 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)

F9Words 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)

F10Words 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)

F11Sch. 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)

F12Sum in Sch. 22 para. 94(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 10(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), s. 10(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 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)

C2Sch. 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)

C3Sch. 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)