<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2" NumberOfProvisions="821" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" SchemaVersion="1.0"><ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted</dc:identifier><dc:title>Capital Allowances Act 2001</dc:title><dc:subject>Small businesses</dc:subject><dc:subject>Fire safety</dc:subject><dc:subject>Fire regulations</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sports ground licences</dc:subject><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2021-04-12</dc:modified>
					
					<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted/data.xml" type="application/xml"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/resources" title="More Resources"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/notes" title="Explanatory Notes"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes/toc" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/notes/contents" title="Explanatory Notes Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/enacted" title="whole act"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/introduction/enacted" title="introduction"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/body/enacted" title="body"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/schedules" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/schedules/enacted" title="schedules"/>
					
										
					
					
					
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted/data.akn" title="AKN"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted/data.csv" title="CSV"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>

					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/contents/enacted" title="Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/2001-03-22" title="2001-03-22"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/2008-07-21" title="2008-07-21"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/2013-07-17" title="2013-07-17"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26" title="current"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/enacted" title="Entire legislation"/><atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/25/enacted" title="Provision; Section 25"/><atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/25/enacted" title="Provision; Section 25"/><atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/27/enacted" title="Provision; Section 27"/><atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/27/enacted" title="Provision; Section 27"/>
					<ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="final"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2001"/><ukm:Number Value="2"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2001-03-21"/><ukm:ISBN Value="010540201X"/><ukm:UnappliedEffects><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/9" EffectId="key-ce1e51e48850a7c05158f9f785445ac2" Comments="ToEs error - this amendment relates to an Income &amp; Corporation Taxes Act. - ToEs error - this amendment relates to an Income &amp; Corporation Taxes Act. - ToEs error - this amendment relates to an Income &amp; Corporation Taxes Act. - ToEs error - this amendment relates to an Income &amp; Corporation Taxes Act. - ToEs error - this amendment relates to an Income &amp; Corporation Taxes Act." AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedExtent="E+W+S+N.I." Row="1534" Type="words omitted" AffectedYear="2001" Modified="2024-05-22T14:09:27Z" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-ce1e51e48850a7c05158f9f785445ac2" AffectedNumber="2" AffectingNumber="9" AffectedProvisions="s. 774E(5)(b)" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." AffectingProvisions="Sch. 20 para. 12(11)" AppliedModified="2013-01-07T16:16:50.436Z" AffectingYear="2008" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" RequiresApplied="false"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Capital Allowances Act 2001</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-774E-5-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/774E/5/b" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 774E(5)(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Finance Act 2008</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-20" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/9/schedule/20">Sch. 20 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-20-paragraph-12-11" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/9/schedule/20/paragraph/12/11">para. 12(11)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Date="2008-07-21" Qualification="with effect in accordance with" OtherQualification="Sch. 20 para. 12(12)"/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingClass="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" RequiresApplied="false" AffectedNumber="2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-374377247070896e7e348d251d4fb113" Notes="S. 29 was repealed before this effect came into force." AffectedYear="2001" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 24(b)" Modified="2024-05-22T14:09:27Z" EffectId="key-374377247070896e7e348d251d4fb113" AffectingYear="2006" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2" Row="274" Comments="provision previously repealed - amendment not required - TOEs states: &#34;provision previously repealed - amendment not required&#34; I think this PiT needs removing as a correction task? - TOEs states: &#34;provision previously repealed - amendment not required&#34; I think this PiT needs removing as a correction task? - TOEs states: &#34;provision previously repealed - amendment not required&#34; I think this PiT needs removing as a correction task?" AffectingNumber="1254" AffectingEffectsExtent="N.I." AffectedProvisions="s. 29(1A)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2006/1254" Type="inserted" AffectedExtent="E+W+S+N.I."><ukm:AffectedTitle>Capital Allowances Act 2001</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-29-1A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/29/1A" FoundRef="section-29">s. 29(1A)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2006/1254/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-24-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2006/1254/schedule/3/paragraph/24/b">para. 24(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="article-1-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2006/1254/article/1/3">art. 1(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/328" CommencingClass="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Date="2010-11-15" Qualification="wholly in force" CommencingYear="2010" CommencingNumber="328" Applied="false"><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/328/article/2">art. 2</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect Created="2026-06-01T10:34:54Z" AffectedYear="2001" EffectId="key-d9e834daac7e9b97168c280ddc0ae531" AffectedNumber="2" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/asc-2026-7-7j0muiu6-1208" AffectingClass="WelshParliamentAct" AffectingNumber="7" AffectingTerritorialApplication="W" Row="1208" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/7" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 2 para. 329(b)" AffectingYear="2026" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Type="inserted" RequiresApplied="true" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2" AffectedProvisions="s. 436(2)(aa)"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Capital Allowances Act 2001</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-436-2-aa" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/436/2/aa" FoundRef="section-436">s. 436(2)(aa)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingTitle xml:lang="cy">Deddf Cynllunio (Darpariaethau Canlyniadol) (Cymru) 2026</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/7/schedule/2">Sch. 2 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-329-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/7/schedule/2/paragraph/329/b">para. 329(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Savings><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/7/schedule/5">Sch. 5 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/7/schedule/5/part/1">Pt. 1</ukm:Section></ukm:Savings><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-5-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/7/section/5/2">s. 5(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect></ukm:UnappliedEffects></ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
					

                    
									<ukm:Notes><ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/notes" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/notes"/><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/pdfs/ukpgaen_20010002_en_003.pdf" Date="2011-03-15" Title="Explanatory Note: Annex 2" Size="351827"/><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/pdfs/ukpgaen_20010002_en_002.pdf" Date="2011-03-15" Title="Explanatory Note: Annex 1" Size="367346"/><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/pdfs/ukpgaen_20010002_en_001.pdf" Date="2011-03-15" Title="Explanatory Note: Annex Content List" Size="85726"/><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/pdfs/ukpgaen_20010002_en.pdf" Date="2011-03-15" Title="Explanatory Note" Size="867560"/></ukm:Alternatives>       
								</ukm:Notes> 
					<ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/pdfs/ukpga_20010002_en.pdf" Date="2015-02-15"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:TablesOfDestinations><ukm:TableOfDestinations URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/pdfs/ukpgatod_20010002_en.pdf" Date="2011-03-15" Title="Table of Destinations" Size="308575"/></ukm:TablesOfDestinations><ukm:TablesOfOrigins><ukm:TableOfOrigins URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/pdfs/ukpgatoo_20010002_en.pdf" Date="2011-03-15" Title="Table of Origins" Size="182672"/></ukm:TablesOfOrigins>
					
					<ukm:Statistics>
									<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="821"/>
									<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="581"/>
									<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="240"/>
									<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:TotalImages Value="34"/>
								</ukm:Statistics>
				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/body/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/body" NumberOfProvisions="581" NumberFormat="default"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/part/2/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/part/2" NumberOfProvisions="260" id="part-2"><Number>Part 2</Number><Title>Plant and machinery allowances</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/part/2/chapter/3/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/part/2/chapter/3" NumberOfProvisions="18" id="part-2-chapter-3"><Number>Chapter 3</Number><Title>Qualifying expenditure</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/demolition-costs/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/demolition-costs" NumberOfProvisions="1" id="part-2-chapter-3-crossheading-demolition-costs"><Title>Demolition costs</Title><P1group><Title>Demolition costs</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26" id="section-26">
<Pnumber PuncAfter="">26</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/1/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/1" id="section-26-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>This section applies if—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/1/a/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/1/a" id="section-26-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>plant or machinery is demolished, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/1/b/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/1/b" id="section-26-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the last use of the plant or machinery was for the purposes of a qualifying activity.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/2/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/2" id="section-26-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the person carrying on the qualifying activity replaces the plant or machinery with other plant or machinery then, for the purposes of this Part, the net cost of the demolition to that person is treated as expenditure incurred on the provision of the other plant or machinery.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/3/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/3" id="section-26-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the person carrying on the qualifying activity does not replace the plant or machinery, the net cost of the demolition to that person is allocated to the appropriate pool for the chargeable period in which the demolition takes place.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/4/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/4" id="section-26-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In subsection (3)—</Text>
<UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition">
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>“the appropriate pool” means the pool to which the expenditure on the demolished plant or machinery has been or would be allocated in accordance with this Part, and</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>“the net cost of the demolition” means the amount, if any, by which the cost of the demolition exceeds any money received for the remains of the plant or machinery.</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</UnorderedList>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/5/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/2/section/26/5" id="section-26-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Subsection (3) is subject to section 164(4) (abandonment expenditure before cessation of ring fence trade: election for special allowance).</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>