Finance Act, 1980

Exclusion of mining and construction operations.

50.—(1) For the purposes of relief under this Chapter income from the sale of goods shall not include income from—

(a) any mining operations for the purpose of obtaining, whether by underground or surface working, any scheduled mineral, mineral compound or mineral substance, within the meaning of section 2 of the Minerals Development Act, 1940 , or

(b) any construction operations within the meaning of section 17 of the Finance Act, 1970 (inserted by the Finance Act, 1976 ).

(2) Where a company carries on a trade which consists of or includes the manufacture of goods and, in the course of the trade, carries on any mining operations within the meaning of subsection (1) (a) from which it obtains any scheduled mineral, mineral compound or mineral substance of the kind referred to in that subsection and any such mineral, compound or substance is not sold by the company in the course of the trade but forms the whole or part of the materials used in the manufacture of such goods or is to any extent incorporated in the goods in the course of their manufacture, then, part of the income which, apart from this subsection, would be income from the sale of goods for the purposes of section 41 shall be deemed, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be income from such mining operations and that part shall, for the purposes of that subsection, be such amount as appears to the inspector or, on appeal, to the Appeal Commissioners, to be just and reasonable.

(3) Where the amount receivable from a sale of goods includes consideration for the carrying out, in relation to those goods, of any construction operations as defined in subsection (1) (b), then, part of the income which, apart from this subsection, would be income from the sale of goods for the purposes of section 41, shall be deemed, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be income from such construction operations and that part shall, for the purposes of that subsection, be such amount as appears to the inspector or, on appeal, to the Appeal Commissioners, to be just and reasonable.