Deferment of balancing charges: supplementary provisions
155Change in the persons carrying on the qualifying activity
(1)This section applies if—
(a)a person is carrying on the qualifying activity previously carried on by the shipowner, and
(b)the only changes in the persons carrying on the qualifying activity since the shipowner carried it on are changes in respect of which, under section 113(2) or 343(2) of ICTA, it is not treated as having been discontinued.
(2)For the purposes of the deferment rules—
(a)expenditure incurred by a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a) for the purposes of the qualifying activity is to be treated as incurred by the shipowner, and
(b)in relation to the giving of any notice, a reference to the shipowner is to be read as a reference to the person carrying on the qualifying activity when the notice is given or is required to be given.
156Connected persons
(1)For the purposes of the deferment rules a person (“B”) is connected with another person (“A”) at any time if, at that time—
(a)B is connected (in the sense given in section 839 of ICTA) with A,
(b)B is carrying on a qualifying activity previously carried on by A and the condition in subsection (2) is met, or
(c)B is connected (in the sense given in section 839 of ICTA) with a person who is carrying on a qualifying activity previously carried on by A and the condition in subsection (2) is met.
(2)The condition is that the only changes in the persons carrying on the qualifying activity since A carried it on are changes in respect of which, under section 113(2) or 343(2) of ICTA, the qualifying activity is not treated as having been discontinued.
(3)If expenditure is incurred by a person who is not the shipowner, the persons connected with him at any time include any person connected with the shipowner at that time as a result of subsection (1).