Section 16 | Oil extraction and related activities

(1)If a person carries on any oil-related activities as part of a trade, those activities are treated for income tax purposes as a separate trade, distinct from all other activities carried on by the person as part of the trade.

(2)For this purpose the following are oil-related activities—

(a)oil extraction activities, and

(b)any activities consisting of the acquisition, enjoyment or exploitation of oil rights.

(3)“Oil extraction activities” and “oil rights” have the meaning given by sections 225A and 225B.