Part 5 Mineral extraction allowances

Chapter 6 Allowances and charges

F1First-year allowances

F2416E Artificially inflated claims for first-year allowances

(1)

To the extent that a transaction is attributable to arrangements entered into wholly or mainly for a disqualifying purpose, it shall be disregarded in determining for a chargeable period the amount of any first-year allowance to which a person is entitled.

(2)

For the purposes of this section, arrangements are entered into wholly or mainly for a “ disqualifying purpose ” if their main object, or one of their main objects, is to enable a person to obtain—

(a)

a first-year allowance to which he would not otherwise be entitled, or

(b)

a first-year allowance of a greater amount than that to which he would otherwise be entitled.

(3)

In this section “ arrangements ” includes any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable.