Finance Act, 2001

Amendment of Part 16 (income tax relief for investment in corporate trades — business expansion scheme and seed capital scheme) of Principal Act.

12.—Part 16 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 489, by the substitution in subsection (15), of “commencing on 6 April 1984 and ending on 31 December 2001” for “commencing on the 6th day of April, 1984, and ending on the 5th day of April, 2001”,

(b) in section 490, by the substitution, in both subsections (3)(b) and (4)(b), of “the year of assessment 2001” for “the year 2000-01”, and

(c) in section 496(2)(a)(ii)—

(i) by the substitution in clause (II) of “Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited,” for “Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited, or”,

(ii) by the substitution in clause (III) of “ Údarás na Gaeltachta Act, 1979 , or” for “ Údarás na Gaeltachta Act, 1979 ,”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following after clause (III):

“(IV) as respects a subscription for eligible shares issued on or after 6 April 2001, a County Enterprise Board (being a board referred to in the Schedule to the Industrial Development Act, 1995 ) has, in accordance with the provisions of that Act, made a loan or grant to, or made an equity investment in, the qualifying company concerned,”.