Section 70R | Excluded leases of background plant or machinery for a building ^F1

(1)Construe references to an excluded lease of background plant or machinery for a building in accordance with this section.

(2)This section applies where—

(a)plant or machinery is affixed to, or otherwise installed in or on, any land which consists of or includes a building,

(b)the plant or machinery is background plant or machinery for the building (see subsections (4) and (5)),

(c)the plant or machinery is leased with the land under a mixed lease, and

(d)none of the disqualifications set out in section 70S applies.

(3)In any such case, the derived lease of the plant or machinery is an excluded lease of background plant or machinery for a building.

(4)The background plant or machinery for a building is any plant or machinery—

(a)which is of such a description that plant or machinery of that description might reasonably be expected to be installed in, or in or on the sites of, a variety of buildings of different descriptions, and

(b)whose sole or main purpose is to contribute to the functionality of the building or its site as an environment within which activities can be carried on.

(5)Subsection (4) has effect subject to the provisions of any order under section 70T.