Part 5 Mineral extraction allowances
Chapter 6 Allowances and charges
F2First-year allowances
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Amendments (Textual)
416EF1 Artificially inflated claims for first-year allowances
1
To the extent that a transaction is attributable to arrangements entered into wholly or mainly for a disqualifying purpose, it shall be disregarded in determining for a chargeable period the amount of any first-year allowance to which a person is entitled.
2
For the purposes of this section, arrangements are entered into wholly or mainly for a “ disqualifying purpose ” if their main object, or one of their main objects, is to enable a person to obtain—
a
a first-year allowance to which he would not otherwise be entitled, or
b
a first-year allowance of a greater amount than that to which he would otherwise be entitled.
3
In this section “ arrangements ” includes any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable.
S. 416D and preceding crossheading inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 63(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 63, Sch. 21 para. 10