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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72</dc:identifier><dc:title>Finance Act 1987</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.</dc:description><dc:date>1987-05-15</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-06-03</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2024-02-22</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/body" NumberOfProvisions="51" RestrictStartDate="2024-02-22"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/part/VI" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/part/VI" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-VI" RestrictStartDate="2006-07-19"><Number>Part VI</Number><Title> Miscellaneous and Supplementary</Title><P1group><Title> Short title, interpretation, construction and repeals.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/section/72" id="section-72"><Pnumber>72</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/1" id="section-72-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1987.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/2" id="section-72-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this Act “<Term id="term-the-taxes-act">the Taxes Act</Term>” means the <CommentaryRef Ref="c11287241"/>Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/3" id="section-72-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Part II of this Act, so far as it relates to income tax, shall be construed as one with the Income Tax Acts, so far as it relates to corporation tax, shall be construed as one with the Corporation Tax Acts and, so far as it relates to capital gains tax, shall be construed as one with the <CommentaryRef Ref="c11287251"/>Capital Gains Tax Act 1979.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/4" id="section-72-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Part III of this Act, except section 56 and Schedule 7, shall be construed as one with the <CommentaryRef Ref="c11287261"/>Stamp Act 1891.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/5" id="section-72-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In Part IV of this Act “<Term id="term-the-1984-act">the 1984 Act</Term>” means the <CommentaryRef Ref="c11287271"/>Inheritance Tax Act 1984.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/6" id="section-72-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Part V of this Act shall be construed as one with Part I of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c11287281"/>Oil Taxation Act 1975 and in that Part “<Term id="term-the-principal-act">the principal Act</Term>” means that Act.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/16/section/72/7" id="section-72-7"><Pnumber>7</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The enactments specified in Schedule 16 to this Act (which include enactments which are spent or otherwise unnecessary) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, but subject to any provision at the end of any Part of that Schedule.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c11287241" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/10" id="c00230" Year="1970" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="10">1970 c. 10</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11287251" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/14" id="c00231" Year="1979" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="14">1979 c. 14</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11287261" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1891/39" id="c00232" Year="1891" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="39">1891 c. 39</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11287271" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/51" id="c00233" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="51">1984 c. 51</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c11287281" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/22" id="c00234" Year="1975" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="22">1975 c. 22</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>