Finance Act, 2002

Amendment of section 542 (time of disposal and acquisition) of Principal Act.

62.—Section 542(1) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after paragraph (c):

“(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for the purposes of the Capital Gains Tax Acts where a person who is engaged in farming (within the meaning of section 654) disposes of an interest in land to an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers, for the purposes mentioned in section 652(5)(a), and immediately before the disposal the land was used for the purposes of farming, the chargeable gain (if any) on the disposal shall be deemed to accrue in the year of assessment in which the person receives the consideration for the disposal.”.