Section 330ZA | Ordering of allowances

(1)In this section “relieving Chapter” means any of the following—

(a)Chapter 6A (reduction of supplementary charge: investment allowance);

(b)Chapter 8 (reduction of supplementary charge: onshore allowance);

(c)Chapter 9 (reduction of supplementary charge: cluster area allowance).

(2)Where a company has allowances under more than one relieving Chapter available for reducing the adjusted ring fence profits that are to be chargeable under section 330(1) for an accounting period, the company may choose the order in which the relieving Chapters in question are to be applied.

(3)In any relieving Chapter, “adjusted ring fence profits”, in relation to a company and an accounting period, means the adjusted ring fence profits which would (ignoring all relieving Chapters except those which the company chooses to apply before that Chapter) be taken into account in calculating the supplementary charge on the company under section 330(1) for the accounting period.