PART IIIIncome Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

CHAPTER IICapital Allowances

74Industrial buildings allowance: licensees

(1)

In section 1 of the M1Capital Allowances Act 1968 (initial allowances) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)—

“(1A)

The reference in subsection (1) above to the occupation of a building or structure for the purposes of a trade carried on by the person who incurred the capital expenditure on that building or structure shall include a reference to the use of that building or structure for the purposes of a trade carried on by a licensee of that person or of a lessee of that person.”

(2)

Section 6 of that Act (method of making allowances and charges) shall apply where the building or structure in question is used by a licensee of the person entitled to the relevant interest as if that interest were subject to a lease.

(3)

In section 7 of that Act (definition of " industrial building or structure ") the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (3)—

“(3A)

Where a building or structure is used by more than one licensee of the same person that building or structure shall not be an industrial building or structure unless each of the licensees uses the building or that part of it to which his licence relates for the purposes of a trade which falls within subsection (1) above.”

(4)

Subsections (1) and (3) above shall apply in relation to licences granted on or after 10th March 1982.