Finance Act, 1986

Amendment of section 12 (relief for health expenses) of Finance Act, 1967.

5.Section 12 of the Finance Act, 1967 , is hereby amended, as respects the year 1986-87 and subsequent years of assessment, by the insertion, in the definition of “dependant” in subsection (1), of the following after paragraph (b):

“and

(c) a child who, for the year of assessment—

(i) (I) is under the age of 16 years, or

(II) if over the age of 16 years at the commencement of the year of assessment, is receiving full-time instruction at any university, college, school or other educational establishment, and

(ii) is a child of the individual or, not being such a child, is in the custody of the individual and is maintained by the individual at his own expense for the whole or part of the year of assessment:

Provided that the provisions of subsections (3), (4), (5) and (7) of section 141 (inserted by the Finance Act, 1986) shall, with any necessary modifications, apply for the purposes of determining whether relief is to be granted under this section as they apply in determining whether a deduction is to be allowed under that section, except that in a case where the child's income exceeds the amount specified in the said subsection (4) relief under this section shall not be allowed;”.