PART 4CAPITAL RECEIPTS
SUMS NOT TO BE TREATED AS CAPITAL RECEIPTS
Capital receipts not exceeding £10,00010.
(1)
A sum received by a local authority which, apart from this regulation, would be a capital receipt by virtue of section 9(1) shall not be treated for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 as a capital receipt if the aggregate of all sums received or to be received by the authority in respect of the disposal of an interest in a capital asset, for which the sum is paid, does not exceed £10,000.
(2)
A sum received by a local authority which, apart from this regulation, would be treated as a capital receipt by virtue of regulation 7, shall not be treated for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 as a capital receipt if the aggregate of all sums received or to be received by the authority as repayment of a loan, grant or other financial assistance, for which the sum is paid, does not exceed £10,000.
(3)
A sum received by a local authority which, apart from this regulation, would be treated as a capital receipt by virtue of regulation 8, shall not be treated for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 as a capital receipt if the aggregate of all sums received or to be received by the authority in respect of the disposal of the authority’s rights and obligations, for which the sum is paid, does not exceed £10,000.
(4)
A sum received by a local authority which, apart from this regulation, would be treated as a capital receipt by virtue of regulation 9, shall not be treated for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 as a capital receipt if the aggregate of all sums received or to be received by the authority in respect of redemption of the landlord’s share, for which the sum is paid, does not exceed £10,000.
(5)
(6)
In paragraphs (1) and (5), “all sums received or to be received by the authority” include the amount of all notional capital receipts determined in respect of the disposal.
Operating and finance leases11.
A sum received by a local authority—
(a)
under any arrangement which is treated, in accordance with proper practices, as an operating lease or a finance lease;
(b)
which, apart from this regulation, would be a capital receipt; and
(c)
which, in accordance with proper practices, is to be credited to a revenue account,
shall not be treated for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 as a capital receipt.