Finance Act, 2000

Amendment of section 767 (payment to universities and other approved bodies for research in, or teaching of, approved subjects) of Principal Act.

22.— Section 767 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following for the definition of “approved body”:

“‘approved body’ means—

(a) the National College of Ireland,

(b) an institution comprising the Dublin Institute of Technology established by or under section 3 of the Dublin Institute of Technology Act, 1992 , or

(c) an educational institution established by or under section 3 of the Regional Technical Colleges Act, 1992 , as a regional technical college;”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following after subsection (2):

“(3) (a) Subsection (2) shall also apply to any sum paid to a body of persons or a trust established in the State for the sole purpose of granting financial or other aid to—

(i) an Irish university, or

(ii) an approved body,

for the purpose of enabling the university or the approved body to undertake research in, or engage in the teaching of, an approved subject.

(b) This subsection shall apply and have effect as respects a chargeable period (within the meaning of section 321) being—

(i) where the chargeable period is a year of assessment, the year 2000-2001, and any subsequent year of assessment, or

(ii) where the chargeable period is an accounting period of a company, an accounting period ending on or after 6 April 2001.”.