Section 69 | Hire-purchase etc. and fixtures

(1)Section 67 does not—

(a)apply to expenditure incurred on plant or machinery which is a fixture, or

(b)prevent Chapter 14 (fixtures) applying in relation to expenditure on plant or machinery incurred under such a contract as is mentioned in section 67(1)(b).

(2)If—

(a)a person is treated under section 67(2) as owning plant or machinery,

(b)the plant or machinery becomes a fixture, and

(c)the person is not treated under Chapter 14 as being the owner of the plant or machinery,

the person is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as ceasing to own the plant or machinery at the time when it becomes a fixture.

(3)In this section “fixture” has the meaning given by section 173(1).