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(1)In computing the amount of the profits or gains of any person for any tax purpose, no sum shall be deducted in respect of any payment made by him to which this section applies.
(2)No payment to which this section applies shall be included in computing the expenses of management in respect of which relief may be given under section 304 or section 305 of this Act.
(3)This section applies to any payment made by any person under any contract or arrangement under which that person is, in the event of war damage, entitled or eligible, either absolutely or conditionally, to or for any form of indemnification, whether total or partial, and whether by way of a money payment or not, in respect of that war damage:
Provided that—
(a)where the payment is made in respect of the right or eligibility aforesaid and also in respect of other matters, the deduction or inclusion of so much of the payment as is properly attributable to the other matters shall not be disallowed by virtue only of subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section ; and
(b)this section shall not apply to any payment made under—
(i)any policy of insurance issued under Part II of the [1939 c. 57.] War Risks Insurance Act 1939, or any similar enactment in force in any country outside the United Kingdom; or
(ii)any contract of marine insurance, or any contract of insurance of an aircraft, or any contract of insurance of goods in transit.
(4)In this section, " war damage " means loss or damage arising from action taken by an enemy of Her Majesty, or action taken in combating such an enemy or in repelling an imagined attack by such an enemy, or action taken in anticipation of or in consequence of an attack by such an enemy.
(1)In computing the amount of the profits or gains, or total income, of any person for any tax purpose, no sum shall be deducted in respect of any payment made by him to which this section applies.
(2)No payment to which this section applies shall be included in computing—
(a)the expenses of management in respect of which relief may be given under section 304 or section 305 of this Act; or
(b)the expenses of management or supervision in respect of which relief may be given under section 158 of this Act (expenses of owner of mineral rights).
(3)This section applies—
(a)to any payments by way of benefit made by any person to, or to the personal representatives or dependants of, any employees of his on account of their incapacity, retirement or death owing to war injuries, whether sustained in the United Kingdom or elsewhere; and
(b)to any payments made by any person by way of premium or contribution under any policy, agreement, scheme or arrangement providing for the payment of benefits to, or to the personal representatives or dependants of, any employees of his on account of their incapacity, retirement or death as aforesaid:
Provided that—
(i)this section shall not apply to any payment (whether by way of benefit or by way of premium or contribution) which is payable under any policy, agreement, scheme or arrangement made before 3rd September 1939, except to the extent that the amount of the payment is increased by any variation of the terms of that policy, agreement, scheme or arrangement made on or after that date;
(ii)this section shall not apply to any payment by way of benefit if, in the opinion of the Board, that payment was made under an established practice which was such that the same or a greater payment would have been made if the incapacity, retirement or death had not been due to war injuries.
(4)Where a person makes a payment by way of benefit to which this section applies and, in the opinion of the Board, there is an established practice under which a smaller payment would have been made if the incapacity, retirement or death had not been due to war injuries, the deduction or inclusion of an amount equal to that smaller payment shall not be disallowed by virtue only of subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section.
(5)Where a person makes a payment to which this section applies by way of premium or contribution, and the policy, agreement, scheme or arrangement provides for the payment of any benefit in the event of incapacity, retirement or death not due to war injuries, the deduction or inclusion of so much of the payment of premium or contribution as, in the opinion of the Board, is properly attributable to benefit payable in the event of incapacity, retirement or death not due to war injuries shall not be disallowed by virtue only of subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section.
(6)In this section " war injuries " means physical injuries—
(a)caused by—
(i)the discharge of any missile (including liquids and gas);
(ii)the use of any weapon, explosive or other noxious thing; or
(iii)the doing of any other injurious act,
either by the enemy or in combating the enemy or in repelling an imagined attack by the enemy; or
(b)caused by the impact on any person or property of any enemy aircraft, or any aircraft belonging to, or held by any person on behalf of, or for the benefit of, Her Majesty or any allied power, or any part of, or anything dropped from, any such aircraft.
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