92 Expenditure on site restoration

92  Expenditure on site restoration

(1)     Part 5 of CAA 2001 (mineral extraction allowances) is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 395 (qualifying expenditure), in subsection (1)(d), omit “post-trading”.

(3)     In section 403 (qualifying expenditure on acquiring a mineral asset), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)     For the purposes of this section the reference to expenditure on acquiring a mineral asset does not include expenditure incurred on the restoration of a relevant site (within the meaning of section 416 or 416ZA).”

(4)     In section 416 (expenditure on restoration within 3 years of ceasing to trade)—

(a)     in subsections (1)(a) and (6)(a), before “mineral extraction trade” insert “relevant”;

(b)     in subsection (5), at the end insert—

“But it does not include decommissioning any plant or machinery (within the meaning of section 163).”;

(c)     after subsection (7) insert—

“(7A)     Relevant mineral extraction trade” means a mineral extraction trade that is not a ring fence trade within the meaning of Part 8 of CTA 2010 (see section 277 of that Act).”;

(d)     the heading of section 416 becomes “Non-ring fence trades: expenditure on restoration within 3 years of ceasing to trade”.

(5)     In Chapter 5, after section 416 insert—

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