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Part 7 Know-how allowances

Chapter 1 Introduction

452 Know-how allowances

1

Allowances are available under this Part if a person incurs qualifying expenditure on the acquisition of know-how.

2

In this Part “know-how” means any industrial information or techniques likely to assist in—

a

manufacturing or processing goods or materials,

b

working a source of mineral deposits (including searching for, discovering or testing mineral deposits or obtaining access to them), or

c

carrying out any agricultural, forestry or fishing operations.

3

In subsection (2)(b)—

a

mineral deposits” includes any natural deposits capable of being lifted or extracted from the earth and for this purpose geothermal energy is to be treated as a natural deposit, and

b

source of mineral deposits” includes a mine, an oil well and a source of geothermal energy.