Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

4 (1) Where section 38 does not have effect, the following provisions of this paragraph shall apply in ascertaining the duration of a lease for the purposes of sections 34 to 36.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, where the terms of the lease include provision for the determination of the lease by notice given either by the landlord or by the tenant, the lease shall not be treated as granted for a term longer than one ending at the earliest date on which it could be determined by notice.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, where any of the terms of the lease (whether relating to forfeiture or to any other matter) or any other circumstances render it unlikely that the lease will continue beyond a date falling before the expiration of the term of the lease, the lease shall not be treated as having been granted for a term longer than one ending on that date.

(4) Where the duration of a lease falls to be ascertained after the date on which the lease has for any reason come to an end, the duration shall be taken to have extended from its commencement to that date, and where the duration falls to be ascertained at a time when the lease is subsisting the preceding provisions of this paragraph shall be applied in accordance with circumstances prevailing at that time.

(5) In relation to Scotland, “term” in this paragraph, where referring to the duration of a lease, means “period”.

(6) This paragraph shall be construed as one with Part II.