Finance Act 2008

Amendment of section 1003 (payment of tax by means of donation of heritage items) of Principal Act.

131.— Section 1003 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (2) by inserting the following after paragraph (ab):

“(ac) Paragraph (ab) shall not apply in the case of a collection of items, consisting wholly of archival material or manuscripts, which was either—

(i) created over time by one individual, family or organisation, or

(ii) was assembled by an individual, family or organisation,

and constitutes a collection of archival material or manuscripts where each item has been in such collection for a period of not less than 30 years and merits maintenance as a collection.”.

(b) by inserting the following after subsection (2):

“(2A) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(c), the selection committee may make a determination in respect of an item or collection of items, consisting wholly of archival material or manuscripts, and the market value limit in respect of any one item in such a collection at the valuation date as set out in subsection (2)(c)(i)(II) shall not apply.”.