Section 401 | Provisions supplementing section 400

(1)For the purposes of section 400 and this section the amounts shown in the appropriate balance sheet of any company in respect of any plant or machinery are—

(a)the amounts shown in that balance sheet as the net book value (or carrying amount) in respect of the plant or machinery, and

(b)the amounts shown in that balance sheet as the net investment in respect of finance leases of the plant or machinery.

(2)If—

(a)any of the plant or machinery is a fixture in any land (see section 437(5)), and

(b)the amount which falls (or would fall) to be shown in an appropriate balance sheet as the net book value (or carrying amount) of the land includes (or would include) an amount in respect of the fixture,

the amount of the net book value (or carrying amount) in respect of the fixture is determined on a just and reasonable basis.

(3)If—

(a)any of the plant or machinery is subject to a finance lease (see section 437(4)), and

(b)any land or asset which is not plant or machinery is subject to that lease,

the amount of the net investment in respect of the finance lease of that plant or machinery is determined on a just and reasonable basis.

(4)In section 400 and this section any reference to any amount shown in the appropriate balance sheet of a company is to the amount which, on the assumptions in subsection (5), falls (or would fall) to be shown in a balance sheet of the company.

(5)The assumptions are—

(a)that the balance sheet is drawn up in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, and

(b)that, if the company acquired any plant or machinery in circumstances in which this paragraph applies, the plant or machinery had been acquired for an amount equal to its ascribed value as at the relevant day.^F1

(6)Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) applies if—

(a)the relevant day falls on or after 22 March 2006,

(b)the plant or machinery was acquired directly or indirectly from a person who was connected with the company when the acquisition took place, and

(c)either the acquisition took place on or after 5 December 2005 or the person from whom the plant or machinery was so acquired was also connected with the company on that date.