Valid from 17/07/2013
2(1)In Part 8 of CTA 2010 (oil activities), Chapter 4 (calculation of profits) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In section 292 (expenditure on and under abandonment guarantees)—
(a)after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)Subsection (2) also applies if expenditure incurred by a participator in an oil field would be so allowable as a result of section 3(1)(hh) of that Act but for the fact that the oil field is a non-taxable oil field within the meaning of Part 3 of FA 1993 (see section 185 of that Act).”;
(b)in subsection (2), for “that expenditure is so allowable” substitute “ the expenditure mentioned in subsection (1) or (1A) is or would be so allowable ”.
(3)In section 296 (introduction to sections 297 and 298)—
(a)in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), omit the words from “, or would apply” to “made”;
(b)in paragraph (b) of that subsection, after “Schedule” insert “ , or would fall to be so attributed if a claim under paragraph 2A(2) of that Schedule were made ”;
(c)after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)The condition in subsection (1)(b) is to be treated as met for the purposes of this section if it would be met but for the fact that the contributing participator is (or was) a participator in an oil field that is a non-taxable oil field within the meaning of Part 3 of FA 1993 (see section 185 of that Act).”;
(d)in subsection (2), before “attributed” insert “ or would be ”.