Section 294 | Restrictions on section 292 expenses: lease of part of premises

(1)This section applies if—

(a)a lease has been granted out of the taxed lease,

(b)the lease does not extend to the whole of the premises subject to the taxed lease, and

(c)the condition in subsection (1A) is met.^F1

(1A)The condition is that—^F1

(a)in calculating the amount of a receipt under any of sections 277 to 281 (receipts in respect of lease premiums or sums payable instead of rent, for surrender of lease or for variation or waiver of terms of lease) in respect of the lease, there is a reduction under section 288 by reference to a taxed receipt, or^F1

(b)in calculating the amount of a receipt under any of sections 217 to 221 of CTA 2009 (receipts in respect of lease premiums or sums payable instead of rent, for surrender of lease or for variation or waiver of terms of lease) in respect of the lease, there is a reduction under section 228 of that Act (the additional calculation rule) by reference to a taxed receipt.^F1

The receipt that is so reduced is referred to in this section as the “lease premium receipt”.

(2)Subsections (3) to (5) apply for a qualifying day that falls within the receipt period of the lease premium receipt.

(3)Sections 292 and 293 apply separately in relation to the part of the premises subject to the lease and to the remainder of the premises.

(4)If—

(a)more than one lease that does not extend to the whole of the premises subject to the taxed lease has been granted out of the taxed lease, and

(b)the qualifying day falls within the receipt period of two or more lease premium receipts that relate to different leases,

sections 292 and 293 apply separately in relation to each part of the premises subject to a lease to which such a receipt relates and to the remainder of the premises.

(5)Where sections 292 and 293 apply in relation to a part of the premises, A becomes the amount calculated by multiplying the unreduced amount of the taxed receipt by the fraction of the premises constituted by the part.

(6)This fraction is calculated on a just and reasonable basis.