Part 2 Plant and machinery allowances

Chapter 20 Supplementary provisions

F1Co-ownership ... contractual schemes

262ABCo-ownership schemes: election

(1)

The operator of a co-ownership F2... contractual scheme may make an election under this section.

(2)

The election must specify an accounting period of the scheme as the first accounting period in relation to which the election has effect.

(3)

That first accounting period must not—

(a)

be longer than 12 months, or

(b)

begin before 1 April 2017 F3in the case of a co-ownership contractual scheme which is a co-ownership authorised contractual scheme, or the date on which the Co-ownership Contractual Schemes (Tax) Regulations 2025 come into force in the case of a co-ownership contractual scheme which is a Reserved Investor Fund (Contractual Scheme).

(4)

The election has effect for that first accounting period and all subsequent accounting periods of the scheme.

(5)

The election is irrevocable F4(subject to section 262AEA F5in the case of a co-ownership authorised contractual scheme).

F6(5A)

An election under this section in respect of a Reserved Investor Fund (Contractual Scheme) continues unaffected for so long as the scheme is—

(a)

a Reserved Investor Fund (Contractual Scheme),

(b)

a co-ownership authorised contractual scheme, or

(c)

an unauthorised co-ownership contractual scheme,

and the application of this Chapter in respect of the scheme is not affected by any change in the nature of the scheme so long as it remains of a type set out in paragraphs (a) to (c).

(6)

The election is made by notice to an officer of Revenue and Customs.

F7(7)

See sections 262AC to 262AE and sections 270ID and 270IE for provision about the effect of an election.