Section 342B | Disposals by Northern Ireland housing associations. ^F1

(1)In any case where—^F1

(a)a registered Northern Ireland housing association disposes of any land to another such assocation, or^F1

(b)in pursuance of a direction of the Department of the Enviroment for Northern Ireland given under Chapter II of Part VII of the Housing(Northern Ireland) Order 1981 requiring it to do so, a registered Northern Ireland housing association disposes of any of its property, other than land, to another such association,^F1

both parties to the disposal shall be treated for the purposes of corporation tax in respect of chargeable gains as if the land or property disposed of were acquired from the association making the disposal for a consideration of such an amount as would secure that on the disposal neither a gain nor a loss accrued to that association.

(2)In subsection (1) above “registered Northern Ireland housing association” means a registered housing association within the meaning of Part VII of the Order referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection.^F1