Section 303A | Introduction to sections 303B to 303D: post-1 April 2017 non-decommissioning losses of ring fence trades

(1)This section has effect for the purposes of sections 303B to 303D.

(2)A loss made by a company in a ring fence trade is a “non-decommissioning loss” so far as it is not attributable to expenditure which is relevant expenditure in relation to a decommissioning relief agreement.

(3)Where a company makes a loss for an accounting period in a ring fence trade, the amount (if any) of that loss that is “attributable to” expenditure which is relevant expenditure in relation to a decommissioning relief agreement is equal to—

(a)the total amount of such expenditure brought into account in calculating that loss, or

(b)if lower, the amount of the loss.

(4)Expenditure is “relevant expenditure” in relation to a decommissioning relief agreement if it is decommissioning expenditure (as defined in section 81 of FA 2013) to which the provision of the agreement described in section 80(2)(b) of that Act relates.In this subsection the reference to section 81 of FA 2013 is to that section as it has effect when the agreement in question is made.

(5)In this section “decommissioning relief agreement” has the meaning given by section 80 of FA 2013.