Section 48 | Short title, interpretation, construction and repeals.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1983.

(2)In this Act “the Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.

(3)Part II of this Act, so far as it relates to income tax, shall be construed as one with the Income Tax Acts, so far as it relates to corporation tax, shall be construed as one with the Corporation Tax Acts and, so far as it relates to capital gains tax, shall be construed as one with the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979.

(4)Part III of this Act shall be construed as one with Part I of the Oil Taxation Act 1975 and references in Part III to the principal Act are references to that Act.

(5)The enactments specified in Schedule 10 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, but subject to any provision at the end of any Part of that Schedule.