Finance Act, 1997

Amendment of provisions relating to double rent allowance.

27.Section 45 of the Finance Act, 1986 , section 42 of the Finance Act, 1994 , and section 49 of the Finance Act, 1995 , are hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (2) of the said section 45,

(b) in subsection (3) of the said section 42, and

(c) in subsection (3) of the said section 49,

by the substitution in each case for “equal to the amount of the first-mentioned deduction” of the following:

“(in this subsection referred to as ‘the second-mentioned deduction’) equal to the amount of the first-mentioned deduction but, as respects a qualifying lease granted on or after the 21st day of April, 1997, where the first-mentioned deduction is on account of rent which is payable by such person to a connected person, such person shall not be entitled in that computation to the second-mentioned deduction”.