Summary
1.Section 41 and Schedule 9 removes an exception from the capital allowances anti-avoidance rules that exists for certain transactions where unused plant or machinery is bought or hire purchased from the manufacturer or supplier, but only where the transaction has an avoidance purpose. This is a change from the 12 August 2011 announcement, which announced the outright repeal of this exception (that is, without the current proviso) in relation to expenditure incurred on or after 12 August 2011. The change now effected by this Section provides that the exception from the anti-avoidance rules will continue for expenditure incurred on or after 12 August 2011, but before the relevant April start date, but only as long as it is not incurred as a result of a relevant transaction with an avoidance purpose, or as a result of a scheme or arrangement that has an avoidance purpose. (The position in relation to expenditure incurred on or after the relevant April start date is dealt with separately in paragraph 7 of Schedule 9.)