1395.This section is based on parts of sections 98(1) and 105(1) and (3) of CAA 1990. It gives the conditions for expenditure on acquiring a mineral asset to be qualifying expenditure. It must be capital expenditure and incurred for the purposes of the mineral extraction trade.
1396.There is a minor change in subsection (1)(b) as in section 400(1)(b). See paragraph 1381 above and Change 47 in Annex 1.
1397.Subsection (2) signposts two limitations on subsection (1) later in this Chapter. Section 395 signposts limitations in other Chapters.