Finance Act, 1997
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Capital allowances for, and deduction in respect of, vehicles. |
21.—(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), sections 25 to 29 of the Finance Act, 1973 , shall have effect, in relation to expenditure incurred on the provision or hiring of a vehicle to which those sections apply, as if for “£2,500” (construed as a reference to £14,000 by virtue of section 23 of the Finance Act, 1995 ), in each place where it occurs in those sections, there were substituted “£15,000”. | |
(b) Paragraph (a) shall apply only to expenditure incurred on or after the 23rd day of January, 1997, on the provision or hiring of a vehicle which, on or after that date is not a used or secondhand vehicle and is first registered in the State under section 131 of the Finance Act, 1992 , without having been previously registered in any other State which duly provides for the registration of a mechanically propelled vehicle. | ||
(2) Section 32 of the Finance Act, 1976 , shall have effect, in relation to qualifying expenditure (within the meaning of that section) incurred on or after the 23rd day of January, 1997, as if for “£3,500” (construed as a reference to £14,000 by virtue of section 23 of the Finance Act, 1995 ), in each place where it occurs, there were substituted “£15,000”. |