Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 45H(2) modified (with effect in accordance with s. 167 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) , Sch. 30 para. 7

Part 2U.K. Plant and machinery allowances

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Pt. 2 restricted (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) , s. 198(2) , Sch. 9 paras. 10, 22 (with s. 38(2) ); S.I. 2004/2575 , art. 2(1) , Sch. 1

C4 Pt. 2 modified (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) , s. 198(2) , Sch. 9 paras. 9(2), 21(2) (with s. 38(2)); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1) , Sch. 1

C5 Pt. 2 restricted (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) , s. 198(2) , Sch. 4 para. 4 ; S.I. 2004/2575 , art. 2(1) , Sch. 1

C6Pt. 2 modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 13 para. 19

C7Pt. 2 modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 13 para. 35

C8Pt. 2 modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 13 paras. 36, 37

C9Pt. 2 modified (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 24

Chapter 4U.K. First-year qualifying expenditure

[F1Environmentally beneficial components of plant or machinery]U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 45H-45J inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 167 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 30 para. 3

46 General exclusions F2...U.K.

(1)Expenditure within any of the general exclusions in subsection (2) is not first-year qualifying expenditure under [F3any of the following provisions]

  • F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • [F6 section 45A (expenditure on energy-saving plant or machinery)][F7,

  • section 45D (expenditure on cars with low CO2 emissions),]

  • [F8section 45DA (expenditure on zero-emission goods vehicles), ]

  • [F9section 45E (expenditure on plant or machinery for gas refuelling station)], F10...

  • [F11section 45F (expenditure on plant and machinery for use wholly in a ring fence trade)]

    [F12section 45H expenditure on environmentally beneficial plant or machinery.]

  • [F13section 45K (expenditure on plant and machinery for use in designated assisted areas).]

(2)The general exclusions are—

  • General exclusion 1

    The expenditure is incurred in the chargeable period in which the qualifying activity is permanently discontinued.

  • General exclusion 2

    The expenditure is incurred on the provision of a car (as defined by section [F14268A]).

  • General exclusion 3

    The expenditure is of the kind described in section 94 (ships).

  • General exclusion 4

    The expenditure is of the kind described in section 95 (railway assets).

  • General exclusion 5

    The expenditure would be long-life asset expenditure but for paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 (transitional provisions).

  • General exclusion 6

    The expenditure is on the provision of plant or machinery for leasing (whether in the course of a trade or otherwise).

    For this purpose, the letting of a ship on charter, or of any other asset on hire, is to be regarded as leasing (whether or not it would otherwise be so regarded).

  • General exclusion 7

    The circumstances of the incurring of the expenditure are that—

    (a)

    the provision of the plant or machinery on which the expenditure is incurred is connected with a change in the nature or conduct of a trade or business carried on by a person other than the person incurring the expenditure, and

    (b)

    the obtaining of a first-year allowance is the main benefit, or one of the main benefits, which could reasonably be expected to arise from the making of the change.

  • General exclusion 8

    [F15Any] of the following sections applies—

    • section 13 (use for qualifying activity of plant or machinery provided for other purposes);

    • [F16section 13A (use for other purposes of plant or machinery provided for long funding leasing);]

    • section 14 (use for qualifying activity of plant or machinery which is a gift).

    This is subject to section 161 (pre-trading expenditure on mineral exploration and access).

[F17(3)Subsection (1) is subject to the following provisions of this section.

(4)General exclusion 2 does not prevent expenditure being first-year qualifying expenditure under section 45D.]

[F18(5)General exclusion 6 does not prevent expenditure being first-year qualifying expenditure under any of the following provisions—

  • section 45A, if the condition in subsection (6) is met,

  • section 45D,

  • section 45H, if the condition in subsection (6) is met.

(6)The condition is that the plant or machinery is provided for leasing under an excluded lease of background plant or machinery for a building, within the meaning given by section 70R.]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 46 heading omitted (21.7.2008) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 76(5)(b)(ii) (with s. 76(7)(8))

F3 Words in s. 46(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 167 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) , Sch. 30 para. 4(1)(a)

F4S. 46(1) entries omitted (21.7.2008) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 76(5)(b)(i) (with s. 76(7)(8))

F5S. 46(1) entry omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 75(5)-(8) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 75(3)(b)

F6Words in s. 46(1) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 65 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 65, Sch. 17 para. 3

F7Entry in s. 46(1) relating to s. 45D inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 59 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 59, Sch. 19 para. 4(2)

F8Words in s. 46(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), Sch. 7 para. 4

F9Entry in s. 46(1) relating to s. 45E inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 61of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 61, Sch. 20 para. 4

F10 Word in s. 46(1) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 167 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) , Sch. 30 para. 4(1)(b) , 43 Pt. 3(9)

F11Entry in s. 46(1) relating to s. 45F inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 63 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 63, Sch. 21 para. 5

F12 Words in s. 46(1) added (with effect in accordance with s. 167 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) , Sch. 30 para. 4(1)(c)

F13Words in s. 46(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 para. 8 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 11 para. 4

F14Word in s. 46(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 paras. 26, 27, 28(1) to the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 11 para. 3 (with Sch. 11 paras. 30-32)

F15Word in s. 46(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 15 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 8 para. 4(2)(a)

F16Words in s. 46(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 15 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 8 para. 4(2)(b)

F17Entry relating to s. 46(3)(4) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 59 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 59, Sch. 19 para. 4(3)

F18S. 46(5)(6) substituted for s. 46(5) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 11(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 9 para. 11(2)