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Part 5 Mineral extraction allowances

Chapter 6 Allowances and charges

Cases in which a person is entitled to a balancing allowance

427 Giving up exploration, search or inquiry

A person’s entitlement to an allowance for a chargeable period is to a balancing allowance if—

a

the qualifying expenditure is expenditure on mineral exploration and access,

b

he gives up the exploration, search or inquiry to which the expenditure related in that chargeable period, and

c

he does not then or later carry on a mineral extraction trade which consists of or includes the working of mineral deposits to which the expenditure related.