Finance Act 2006

Chapter 5

Capital Gains Tax

Amendment of section 598 (disposals of business or farm on “retirement”) of Principal Act.

70.— (1) Section 598 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (a)—

(i) before the definition of “chargeable business asset” by inserting the following:

“ ‘certificate’ has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Regulation 8(8)(c)(ii) of the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 94 of 2000 ) as amended or extended from time to time;”,

(ii) after the definition of “holding company” by inserting the following:

“ ‘milk production partnership’ has the meaning assigned to it by the European Communities (Milk Quota) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 94 of 2000 ) as amended or extended from time to time;

‘payment entitlement’ has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 7 ;”,

and

(iii) in the definition of “qualifying assets” by inserting the following after subparagraph (ii):

“(iia) payment entitlements, where they are disposed of at the same time and to the same person as land to the extent that the land would support a claim to payment in respect of those payment entitlements,”,

and

(b) in paragraph (d) by inserting the following after subparagraph (iia):

“(iib) the period of use of land by an individual as a partner in a milk production partnership as if it were also a period of use by the spouse of the individual where the spouse—

(I) is a co-owner of the land,

(II) used the land for a period ending on the date the milk production partnership commenced, and

(III) was issued with a certificate by the Minister for Agriculture and Food,”.

(2) Subsection (1) shall be deemed to have applied as on and from 1 January 2005.

7OJ No. L270 of 21.10.2003, p.1