The Water Reorganisation (Capital Allowances) Order 1989

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Reorganisation (Capital Allowances) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 15th November 1989.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Water Act 1989.

Writing-down allowances – industrial buildings and structures

2.—(1) The amount specified in column (2) of Part I or Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order in relation to a successor company (being a company wholly owned by the Crown) shall be taken, for the purposes of subsection (3) of section 2 of the Capital Allowances Act 1968(1) (writing-down allowances), to be the residue on the transfer date of expenditure in relation to which the property vested in that company in accordance with a scheme under Schedule 2 to the Act and described in column (1) of the said Part I or Part II is a relevant interest for the purposes of the said section 2.

(2) The period specified in column (3) of Part I or Part II of Schedule 1 in relation to a successor company shall be treated, for the purposes of the said section 2, and in relation to the property vested and described as mentioned in paragraph (1), as the part of the period of 25 or, as the case may be, 50 years which is unexpired on the transfer date.

Writing-down allowances – machinery and plant

3.  For the purposes of section 95(2) of the Act, each successor company (being a company wholly owned by the Crown) shall be treated as having incurred on the transfer date capital expenditure of the amount specified in relation to that company in column (2) of Schedule 2 to this Order in respect of the deemed acquisition for the purposes for which they are used by that company on and after that date of the motor cars, plant and machinery vested in it in accordance with a scheme under Schedule 2 to the Act and described in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order.

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

30th October 1989

Chris Patten

Secretary of State for the Environment

31st October 1989

We consent,

Stephen Dorrell

David Lightbown

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

1st November 1989