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400 Qualifying expenditure on mineral exploration and accessU.K.

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(1)Expenditure on mineral exploration and access is qualifying expenditure if—

(a)it is capital expenditure, and

(b)it is incurred for the purposes of a mineral extraction trade.

(2)Expenditure on mineral exploration and access incurred by a person in connection with a mineral extraction trade which that person carries on then or subsequently is to be treated as incurred for the purposes of that trade.

(3)But pre-trading expenditure on mineral exploration and access is qualifying expenditure only to the extent provided by—

  • section 401 (pre-trading exploration expenditure), or

  • section 402 (pre-trading expenditure on plant or machinery).

(4)Any pre-trading expenditure that is qualifying expenditure under either of those sections is to be treated as incurred on the first day of trading.

(5)In this Chapter—

(a)pre-trading expenditure” means capital expenditure incurred before the day on which a person begins to carry on a mineral extraction trade, and

(b)the first day of trading”, in relation to a person’s pre-trading expenditure, means the day on which that person begins to carry on the mineral extraction trade.

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