Section 285 | Valuation where appropriation to refining etc

(1)This section applies if conditions A, B and C are met.

(2)Condition A is that a company appropriates oil acquired by it—

(a)in the course of oil extraction activities carried on by it, or

(b)as a result of oil rights held by it.

(3)Condition B is that the oil is appropriated to refining or to any use except the production purposes of an oil field (as defined in section 12(1) of OTA 1975).

(4)Condition C is that section 284 does not apply in relation to the appropriation.

(5)For the purposes of the charge to corporation tax on income—

(a)the company is to be treated as having, at the time of the appropriation, sold and purchased the oil as mentioned in section 284(4)(a) and (b), and

(b)that sale and purchase is to be treated as having been at a price equal to the market value of the oil.

(6)Paragraphs 2 and 3A of Schedule 3 to OTA 1975 (definition of market value of oil including light gases) apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act, but with the following modifications.

(7)Those modifications are that—

(a)any reference in paragraph 2 to the notional delivery day for the actual oil is to be read as a reference to the day on which the oil is appropriated as mentioned in this section,

(b)any reference in paragraphs 2 and 2A to oil being relevantly appropriated is to be read as a reference to its being appropriated as mentioned in this section, and

(c)paragraph 2(4) is to be treated as omitted.