Part 2Plant and machinery allowances

Chapter 11Overseas leasing

Recovery of excess allowances

113Excess allowances: special provision for ships

1

If the plant or machinery referred to in section 111 is a ship—

a

no allowance is to be made in respect of the ship under section 131(3) (postponed allowances) for the first chargeable period of overseas use or any subsequent chargeable period,

b

nothing in section 132(2) (disposal events and single ship pool) restricts the operation of section 111, and

c

the amount of any first-year or writing-down allowance in respect of the ship which has been postponed under section 130 and not made is to be allocated to a long-life asset pool or an overseas leasing pool for the chargeable period following the first chargeable period of overseas use.

2

“The first chargeable period of overseas use” means the chargeable period in which the plant or machinery is first used for overseas leasing which is not protected leasing.