(1)In this Chapter “finance lease” means any arrangements—
(a)which provide for plant or machinery to be leased or otherwise made available by a person (“the lessor”) to another person (“the lessee”), and
(b)which, under normal accountancy practice—
(i)fall (or would fall) to be treated, in the accounts of the lessor or a person connected with the lessor, as a finance lease or a loan, or
(ii)are comprised in arrangements which fall (or would fall) to be so treated.
(2)For the purpose of applying subsection (1)(b), the lessor and any person connected with the lessor are to be treated as being companies which are incorporated in a part of the United Kingdom.
(3)In this section “accounts”, in relation to a company, includes any accounts which—
(a)relate to two or more companies of which that company is one, and
(b)are drawn up in accordance with—
(i)section 227 of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6), or
(ii)Article 235 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I.1986/1032 (N.I.6)).