Finance Act 2003

Restriction of deferral of capital gains tax.

67.—(1) The Principal Act is amended in Part 19—

(a)  in section 591(2)(a) by substituting “obtains for any material disposal, before 4 December 2002, by” for “obtains for any material disposal by”,

(b)  in section 597(4)(a)(i) by substituting “obtains for the disposal, before 4 December 2002, of,” for “obtains for the disposal of,”,

(c)  in section 600A(2)(a) by substituting “for the disposal, before 4 December 2002, of” for “for the disposal of”, and

(d)  in section 605(1) by substituting “Where a person makes a disposal, before 4 December 2002, of” for “Where a person makes a disposal of”.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply—

(a) as respects paragraph (b), to a disposal by a person, on or after 4 December 2002 and on or before 31 December 2003, of an asset used for the purposes of the person's trade (or any other activity of the person as is referred to in section 597(2) of the Principal Act), where the person claims that, but for the provisions of subsection (1)(b), the person would have been entitled to claim that the chargeable gain accruing on that disposal could not accrue to the person until assets, which were acquired by the person before 4 December 2002 or acquired under an unconditional contract entered into by the person before that date, ceased to be used for the purposes of that trade of the person, or, as the case may be, that other activity of the person,

(b) as respects paragraph (c), to a disposal by a person, on or after 4 December 2002 and on or before 31 December 2003, of a qualifying premises (within the meaning of section 600A of the Principal Act) where the person claims that, but for the provisions of subsection (1)(c), the person would have been entitled to claim that the chargeable gain accruing on that disposal could not accrue to the person until a replacement premises (within that meaning) which were acquired by the person before 4 December 2002, or acquired by the person under an unconditional contract entered into before that date—

(i) was disposed of by the person, or

(ii) ceased to be a replacement premises,

and

(c) as respects paragraph (d), to a disposal by a person, on or after 4 December 2002 and on or before 31 December 2003, of original assets (within the meaning of section 605 of the Principal Act), where the person claims and proves to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners that, but for the provisions of subsection (1)(d), the person would have been entitled to claim that that disposal would not be treated as a disposal for the purposes of the Capital Gains Tax Acts by virtue of the person having, before 4 December 2002, acquired, or entered into an unconditional contract to acquire, new assets (within that meaning).