Finance Act 1988

Part IV E+W+S+N.I. Miscellaneous and General

Inheritance tax E+W+S+N.I.

136 Reduction of rates. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) For the Table in Schedule 1 to the M1 Inheritance Tax Act 1984 there shall be substituted—

“ Table of Rates of Tax

Portion of value		Rate of tax
Lower limit	Upper limit	Per cent.
£	£
0	110,000	Nil
110,000		40”

(2) Subsection (1) above shall apply to any chargeable transfer made on or after 15th March 1988, and section 8(1) of the M2 Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (indexation of rate bands) shall not apply to chargeable transfers made in the year beginning 6th April 1988.

(3) Section 8(1A) of that Act shall cease to have effect.

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Marginal Citations

M1 1984 c. 51.

M2 1984 c. 51.

137 Gifts to political parties. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In section 24(1) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (exemption from tax for gifts to political parties) paragraph (b) (which limits the exemption to £100,000 in respect of gifts on or within one year of the death of the transferor) shall cease to have effect.

(2) This section shall have effect in relation to transfers of value made on or after 15th March 1988.

Petroleum revenue tax E+W+S+N.I.

138 Reduced oil allowance for certain Southern Basin and onshore fields. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) For every relevant Southern Basin or onshore field, as defined in subsection (2) below, section 8 of the M3 Oil Taxation Act 1975 (the oil allowance) shall have effect subject to the following modifications—

(a) in subsection (2) (the amount of the allowance for each chargeable period) for “250,000 metric tonnes” there shall be substituted “ 125,000 metric tonnes ”; and

(b) in subsection (6) (the total allowance for a field) for “5 million metric tonnes” there shall be substituted “ 25 million metric tonnes ”.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, for the purposes of this section a “relevant Southern Basin or onshore field” is any oil field other than one—

(a) which is a relevant new field for the purposes of section 36 of the M4 Finance Act 1983 (increased oil allowance for certain new fields); or

(b) for any part of which consent for development was granted to the licensee by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1982; or

(c) for any part of which a programme of development was served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State before that date.

(3) In determining, in accordance with subsection (2) above, whether an oil field (in this subsection referred to as “the field in question”) is a relevant Southern Basin or onshore field, no account shall be taken of a consent for development granted before 1st April 1982 or a programme of development served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State before that date if—

(a) in whole or in part that consent or programme related to another oil field for which a determination under Schedule 1 to the M5 Oil Taxation Act 1975 was made before the determination under that Schedule for the field in question; and

(b) on or after 1st April 1982, a consent for development is or was granted or a programme of development is or was served on the licensee or approved by the Secretary of State and that consent or programme relates, in whole or in part, to the field in question.

(4) Subsections (4) and (5) of section 36 of the Finance M6 Act 1983 (which define “development” for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) of that section) shall apply also for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

(5) This section shall have effect in relation to chargeable periods ending after 30th June 1988.

(6) This section shall be construed as one with Part I of the M7 Oil Taxation Act 1975.

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Marginal Citations

M3 1975 c. 22.

M4 1983 c. 28.

M5 1975 c. 22.

M6 1983 c. 28.

M7 1975 c. 22.

139 X1 Assets generating tariff receipts: extension of allowable expenditure. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In Part I of Schedule 1 to the M8 Oil Taxation Act 1983 (extensions of allowable expenditure for assets generating receipts) paragraph 3 (expenditure on enhancing the value of assets no longer in use for the principal field) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) after the words “enhancing the value of” there shall be inserted “ or otherwise in connection with ”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(d) for the words “the expenditure” there shall be substituted “ either the use of the asset ” and after the words “tariff receipts or” there shall be inserted “ the expenditure ”.

(2) This section shall have effect with respect to expenditure incurred on or after 15th March 1988.

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Editorial Information

X1 The text of s. 139 is in the form in which it was originally enacted; it was notreproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M8 1983 c. 56.

Stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax E+W+S+N.I.

F1 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 S. 140 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 Pt. V(2) notes 1, 2 of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. V(2)

F2 141 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S+N.I.

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Amendments (Textual)

F2 S. 141 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 Pt. V(2) notes 1, 2 of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. V(2)

142 Stamp duty: housing action trusts. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In section 97 of the M9 Finance Act 1980 (shared ownership transactions) after paragraph (c) of subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(cc) a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988;”

(2) In section 107 of the M10 Finance Act 1981 (sales at a discount by local authorities etc.) after paragraph (f) of subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(ff) a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988;”

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Marginal Citations

M9 1980 c. 48.

M10 1981 c. 35.

X2 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F3 E+W+S+N.I.

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Editorial Information

X2 The repeal of s. 143 has effect in relation to events taking place on or after a date to be appointed by the Treasury by order. No such date has been appointed as at the end of 2011. The text of this provision will be restored, and any subsequent amendment history reconstructed, in the early part of 2012.

Amendments (Textual)

F3 S. 143 repealed by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 114), s. 132, Sch. 19 Pt. VI, notes 1-5 and subject to amendments (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 113(4) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 113(3), Sch. 16 para. 11(1)-(5)

X3 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F4 E+W+S+N.I.

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X3 The repeal of s. 144 has effect in relation to events taking place on or after a date to be appointed by the Treasury by order. No such date has been appointed as at the end of 2011. The text of this provision will be restored, and any subsequent amendment history reconstructed, in the early part of 2012.

Amendments (Textual)

F4 S. 144 repealed by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 114), ss. 110, 132, Sch. 19 Pt. VII, note and subject to amendments (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 Pt. V(5), note 1 of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. V(5)

Miscellaneous E+W+S+N.I.

145 Building societies: change of status. E+W+S+N.I.

Schedule 12 to this Act (which makes provision in connection with the transfer of a building society’s business to a company in accordance with the M11 Building Societies Act 1986) shall have effect.

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Marginal Citations

M11 1986 c. 53.

146 Post-consolidation amendments. E+W+S+N.I.

The enactments specified in Schedule 13 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule (being amendments to correct errors in the Taxes Act 1988 and in the amendments made by the M12 Finance Act 1987 for the purposes of the consolidation effected by the Taxes Act 1988).

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Marginal Citations

M12 1987 c. 16.

147 Interpretation etc. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Act “the Taxes Act 1970” means the M13 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 and “the Taxes Act 1988” means the M14 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.

(2) Part II of this Act shall be construed as one with the M15 Value Added Tax Act 1983.

(3) Part III of this Act, so far as it relates to income tax, shall be construed as one with the Income Tax Acts, so far as it relates to corporation tax, shall be construed as one with the Corporation Tax Acts and, so far as it relates to capital gains tax, shall be construed as one with the M16 Capital Gains Tax Act 1979.

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Marginal Citations

M13 1970 c. 10.

M14 1988 c. 1.

M15 1983 c. 55.

M16 1979 c. 14.

148 Repeals. E+W+S+N.I.

The enactments specified in Schedule 14 to this Act (which include unnecessary enactments) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, but subject to any provision at the end of any Part of that Schedule.

149 Short title. E+W+S+N.I.

This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1988.