Finance Act, 1994

Replacements.

129.—(1) Property shall be treated as complying with section 128 if—

(a) the property replaced other property and the said property, that other property and any property directly or indirectly replaced by that other property were comprised in the disposition for periods which together comprised—

(i) in a case referred to at paragraph (a) of section 128 , at least two years falling within the three years immediately preceding the date of the inheritance, or

(ii) in a case referred to at paragraph (b) of section 128 , at least five years falling within the six years immediately preceding the date of the gift or inheritance, and

(b) any other property concerned was such that, had the gift or inheritance been taken immediately before it was replaced, it would, apart from section 128 , have been relevant business property in relation to the gift or inheritance.

(2) In a case to which subsection (1) relates, relief under this Chapter shall not exceed what it would have been had the replacement or any one or more of the replacements not been made.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) changes resulting from the formation, alteration or dissolution of a partnership, or from the acquisition of a business by a company controlled (within the meaning of section 16 of the Principal Act) by the former owner of the business, shall be disregarded.