Finance Act 2006

Restriction of expenditure incurred on the construction and refurbishment of certain industrial and commercial buildings.

26.— (1) Part 9 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 270, by inserting the following after subsection (3):

“(4) This subsection applies where capital expenditure on the construction or refurbishment of a building or structure (or, in the case of section 843, qualifying expenditure within the meaning of that section) is incurred at any time in the period from 1 January 2006 to 31 July 2008 and the building or structure—

(a) is, or by virtue of section 268(3) is deemed to be, an industrial building or structure within the meaning of section 268(1)(d),

(b) is an industrial building or structure within the meaning of section 268(1)(k),

(c) is a qualifying multi-storey car park within the meaning of section 344,

(d) is a building or structure to which section 372C applies or a qualifying premises within the meaning of section 372D,

(e) is a building or structure to which section 372M applies or a qualifying premises within the meaning of section 372N,

(f) is a qualifying park and ride facility within the meaning of section 372U or a qualifying premises within the meaning of section 372W,

(g) is a building or structure to which section 372AC applies or a qualifying premises within the meaning of section 372AD,

(h) is a qualifying premises within the meaning of section 843, or

(i) is a qualifying residential unit within the meaning of section 268(3A).

(5) Where subsection (4) applies, then, notwithstanding any other provision of the Tax Acts but subject to subsections (6) and (7), the amount of the capital expenditure or, as the case may be, qualifying expenditure referred to in subsection (4) which is to be treated as incurred for the purposes of the making of allowances and charges under this Part (including the making of balancing allowances and charges under section 274 and the calculation of the residue of expenditure under section 277), whether or not those allowances or charges are to be made directly under this Part or under this Part by virtue of the application of any provision of Part 10 or section 843, shall be reduced—

(a) in the case of expenditure incurred in—

(i) where subsection (4)(i) applies, the period from 25 March 2007 to 31 December 2007, and

(ii) in any other case, the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007,

to 75 per cent, and

(b) in the case of expenditure incurred in the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 July 2008, to 50 per cent,

of the amount which, apart from this subsection, would otherwise be so treated and, for those purposes, references in the Tax Acts, other than those in section 279 as applied by subsection (6), to expenditure incurred on the construction of a building or structure shall be construed as a reference to such expenditure as reduced in accordance with this subsection.

(6) Where subsections (4) and (5) and, as the case may be, subsection (7) apply in relation to capital expenditure or qualifying expenditure incurred on a building or structure, section 279 shall apply in relation to the building or structure as if—

(a) in subsection (1) of that section, the following were substituted for the definition of ‘the net price paid’:

‘ “the net price paid” means the amount represented by A in the equation—

A = B x C

D + E

where—

B is the amount paid by a person on the purchase of the relevant interest in the building or structure,

C is the amount of the expenditure actually incurred on the construction of the building or structure as reduced in accordance with section 270(5) and, as the case may be, section 270(7),

D is the amount of the expenditure actually incurred on the construction of the building or structure, and

E is the amount of any expenditure actually incurred which is expenditure for the purposes of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 270(2).’,

(b) in subsection (2) of that section, the following were substituted for paragraph (b):

‘(b) the person who buys that interest shall be deemed for those purposes to have incurred, on the date when the purchase price becomes payable, expenditure on the construction of the building or structure equal to that expenditure as reduced in accordance with section 270(5) and, as the case may be, section 270(7) or to the net price paid (within the meaning of that term as applied by section 270(6)(a)) by such person for that interest, whichever is the less;’,

and

(c) in subsection (3) of that section, the reference to ‘that expenditure or to’ were a reference to ‘that expenditure as reduced in accordance with section 270(5) and, as the case may be, section 270(7) or to’.

(7) (a) This subsection applies to a building or structure to which paragraph (a), paragraph (d) (other than a qualifying premises which fronts on to a qualifying street (within the meaning of section 372A)), paragraph (e) or paragraph (g) of subsection (4) applies and in relation to which building or structure a person must show that the condition in—

(i) where subsection (4)(a) applies, section 268(13)(c)(ii)(I) or, as the case may be, sections 272(9)(b)(i) and 274(1B)(b)(i),

(ii) where subsection (4)(d) applies, section 372A(3)(a),

(iii) where subsection (4)(e) applies, section 372L(3)(a), or

(iv) where subsection (4)(g) applies, section 372AA(3)(a),

was satisfied on or before 31 December 2006.

(b) (i) A person shall not be treated as having satisfied the condition referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to a building or structure unless—

(I) where paragraph (a)(ii) applies, the relevant local authority (within the meaning of section 372A), and

(II) in any other case, the local authority (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001 ),

in whose administrative area the building or structure is situated, gives a certificate in writing on or before 30 March 2007, to the person constructing or refurbishing the building or structure stating—

(A) that it is satisfied that work to the value of not less than 15 per cent of the actual construction or refurbishment costs of the building or structure involved was carried out on or before 31 December 2006,

(B) the actual amount of the capital expenditure incurred on the construction or refurbishment of the building or structure by 31 December 2006, and

(C) the projected amount of the balance of the capital expenditure (other than that referred to in clause (B)) which is to be incurred on the construction or refurbishment of the building or structure.

(ii) An application for a certificate referred to in subparagraph (i) shall be made on or before 31 January 2007 by the person who is constructing or refurbishing the building or structure.

(iii) In considering whether to give a certificate referred to in subparagraph (i), the relevant local authority or, as the case may be, the local authority shall have regard to guidelines in relation to the giving of such certificates issued by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

(c) Where this subsection applies, the amount of capital expenditure referred to in subsection (4) which is to be treated as incurred in the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 July 2008 for the purposes of the making of allowances and charges (as referred to in subsection (5)) under this Part, shall not exceed the amount which has been certified by the relevant local authority or, as the case may be, the local authority under clause (C) of paragraph (b)(i) in relation to that building or structure.

(d) The provisions of this subsection shall apply prior to the application of the provisions of subsections (5) and (6) and where the provisions of this subsection apply to reduce the amount of capital expenditure which is to be treated as incurred in the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 July 2008, such reduction shall be made in relation to expenditure incurred in the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 July 2008 in priority to the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

(e) Where a building or structure to which this subsection applies is sold by the person who constructed or refurbished the building or structure, such person shall, at the time of such sale, supply the purchaser with a copy of the certificate referred to in paragraph (b)(i) for the purposes of the making of a claim by the purchaser under any of the provisions of this Part.”,

and

(b) in section 316—

(i) in subsection (2A), by substituting “31 July 2008” for “31 July 2006” in each place where it occurs, and

(ii) by inserting the following after subsection (2A):

“(2B) For the purposes only of determining, in relation to a claim for an allowance under this Part, whether and to what extent capital expenditure incurred on the construction or refurbishment of a building or structure referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 270(4) (as inserted by the Finance Act 2006) is incurred or not incurred in—

(a) (i) where section 270(4)(i) applies, the period from 1 January 2006 to 24 March 2007, and

(ii) in any other case, the period from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006,

(b) (i) where section 270(4)(i) applies, the period from 25 March 2007 to 31 December 2007, and

(ii) in any other case, the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007,

or

(c) the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 July 2008,

only such an amount of that capital expenditure as is properly attributable to work on the construction or refurbishment of the building or structure actually carried out in such a period shall (notwithstanding subsection (2) and any other provision of the Tax Acts as to the time when any capital expenditure is or is to be treated as incurred) be treated as having been incurred in that period.”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Finance may by order or orders appoint and different days may be appointed for different purposes or different provisions.