Finance Act 2003

Transitory provision: expenditure incurred etc before first order made

7 (1) For the purposes of section 45H(2) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001, where—

(a) expenditure on plant or machinery is incurred, or a contract for the provision of plant or machinery is entered into, before the first order is made under section 45H(3) of that Act, and

(b) if that order had been made before the relevant time, the conditions in section 45H(3) of that Act would have been met,

those conditions shall be treated as if they were met at the relevant time.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “the relevant time” means the time when the expenditure was incurred or (as the case may be) the contract was entered into.