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If you are thinking about setting up a business, and need it done quickly and easily with no additional requirements, then this package is the perfect choice.
This package is a cheap and efficient way to begin business, and includes the provision of a registered office address in London for the duration of one year.
This package is a not expensive and efficient way to begin business, and includes the provision of a registered office address in London and a nominee secretary for the duration of one year.
This package is one of the most cost effective and the efficient way to start a UK company, which includes a registered office address in London, a nominee secretary, and a nominee director for the duration of one year.
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Private Company Limited by Shares:

  • A private company limited by shares in England and Wales must have at least one director, one shareholder, and may have a secretary.

  • You need at least one person to form this type of company. If there is only one director, and that director is a natural person in your company, that director can also act as the secretary.

  • A company must have at least one director who is a natural person. This requirement is met if the office of director is held by a natural person as a corporation sole or otherwise by virtue of an office.

  • You can register a sole director' company, if you are familiar with the secretaries duties and responsibilities, because all of them belongs to a sole director.

  • The directors and secretary of your company can also be shareholders.

  • The Companies Act imposes no restriction on the minimum age of company directors. However Companies House will actively discourage the appointment of anyone under the age of 16 from taking up a company directorship on the grounds that the individuals concerned may not fully understand the legal liabilities that go with the position and for the most part will not have the experience necessary to perform the duties of a company director.

  • Under the Companies Act 2006, there is no restriction on any or all of the members/shareholders being from an overseas country (i.e. outside the United Kingdom in terms of residency, domicile, citizenship, place of incorporation or all or any of those concepts).

  • There is no requirement for the officers of your company to be UK citizens or residents, nor for them to hold valid work permits.

  • Owning, or being an officer of a UK company does not, however, grant you any right to live or work in the UK if you are a foreign national.

  • Your company must have a registered office address within England or Wales; this is the official address of your company and will be on the public record as such.

  • Your company must hold its official company documents at its registered office address: its register of shareholders, and its constitutional documents.

  • So long as you maintain a registered office address in England or Wales, you can conduct your business from any place in the world: you do not have to run your business from your registered office address.

  • Coddan offers company formation, ready-made company registration for UK limited companies. We offer electronic filing enterprises & registering corporation services. In addition to business registrations, we offer trademark registration, shareholder agreements, toll-free numbers, telephone answering, virtual office and company searches for UK limited companies. You are an accountant for whom company establishment is a frequent activity or an individual ordering your first company registrations. Start a company by incorporating or forming a LTD, PLC or LLP at Coddan. Learn about incorporation & how to incorporate your business online: register a business name, company registration, business registration numbers, company house web filing - business name registration check. Whether you start-up online, register London business or form a corporation Scotland, we can help you understand the business start-up process for filing LTD United Kingdom.
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    Specializes in company registration and secretarial services. Provides list of shelf company, services and cost quotation, business name registration, company house direct, starting a business - sole trader business registration.

    This is actually a pretty good reason to incorporate in Delaware or Nevada. In fact, you could be a foreigner from Lebanon, never setting foot on American soil, form a Delaware corporation and no one would know who you are! However, many states will require the owners and/or officers and/or directors information while operating in that state (as a foreign corp.). Besides, how many small businesses require anonymity? Incorporate, incorporation, incorporating, incorporation services, incorporating services, incorporate Wyoming business online, incorporating Oregon business, New York LLC formation, Louisiana limited liability corporation, Texas articles of incorporation, Florida company incorporation, California non profit corporation, corporate name search offshore, BVI corporate name availability, Seychelles corporate name registration.
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    A business may be conducted by a company as an entity in its own right and comes into existence by incorporation under companies legislation which also regulates the running of the company and sets out the duties of its officers. In recent years trading trusts have been commonly used as the structure for carrying on a business with their main objective of tax minimization. A trust requires a trustee to act on behalf of a trust and it has been preferable to have a company newly incorporated to act as the trustee as it is believed that this limits the liability of the trust to the paid-up capital of the Trustee Company. A trust is formed by a gift or settlement being made to the trustee on behalf of the, as yet unformed, trust. A solicitor draws up a Trust Deed setting out the powers and formalizing the administration of the trust. The trust has beneficiaries rather than shareholders as in a company, who are entitled to distributions of capital and/or income and these distributions, are controlled by the trustee.
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    This is one of our most popular packages with worldwide customers, and includes: -

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  • Our Deluxe package is a fast and easy option, it is ideal for the UK, EU, and international small to medium businesses who wish to appoint a nominee director and a nominee secretary in order to maintain the anonymity of the real owner, and it includes: -

  • Incorporation of your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses in London, our nominee director and nominee secretary. We can appoint your own candidate(s) to the role of shareholder(s), or you can appoint a nominee sharholder provided by Coddan;
  • The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);
  • The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
    • The provision of a registered office address for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);
    • The provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our nominee secretary service is charged annually);
    • The provision of a nominee director for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our nominee director service is charged annually);

    The following two hard bound copies of corporate documents, will be send by post to you upon formation of your private limited company: -

  • A laminated copy of the certificate of incorporation of your company;
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • A hard bound copy of the minutes of the first meeting of directors;
  • Share certificates, and your company register;
  • The general power of attorney signed by a nominee director;
  • Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee director;
  • The agreement for the provision of nominee service and indemnification of nominee.
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  • This is our most popular package with the UK residents, and includes: -

  • The registration of your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;
  • The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);
  • The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
  • The following documents, which need to be printed and signed, will be e-mailed to you upon formation of your company: -

  • A certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);
  • The memorandum & articles of association (requires PDF file reader);
  • The first meeting of the board of directors (requires PDF file reader);
  • Share certificates and a company register (requires PDF file reader).
  • *If you do not have an a valid address in the UK, which can be used as the registered office address for your company, please check our Economy package. The non-UK address cannot be acceptable as the office address for the UK company.

    This is our most popular package with the UK and EU residents, and includes: -

  • The registration your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;
  • The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);
  • The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
    • The provision of a registered office address for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);

    The following documents, which need to be printed and signed, will be e-mailed to you upon formation of your company: -

  • A certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);
  • The memorandum & articles of association (requires PDF file reader);
  • The first meeting of the board of directors (requires PDF file reader);
  • Share certificates and a company register (requires PDF file reader).
  • This is another one very popular package with worldwide customers, and includes: -

  • The formation of a company limited by guarantee usually takes as little as five to seven working days from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The incorporation your BVI company limited by guarantee from scratch using our registered agent & registered office address, and appoint your own candidate to the role of a members;
  • The government and initiation fees for incorporation are included in the price of this package;
  • The search for a company name availability, confirmation, and reservation;
  • An original certificate of incorporation
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum & articles of association
  • The preparation and submission of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • A local registered office address and a local registered agent for 12 months are included in the price of this package (our registered agent & office address service are charged annually);
  • The provision of a nominee director for one year is also included in the price of this package (our nominee director service is charged annually);

  • To receive an original of the certificate of incorporation from the Companies Registrar usually takes as little as two to three days from the time of incorporation.
  • The following hard bound copy of corporate documents, will be posted to you upon formation of your company limited by guarantee: -

  • An original certificate of incorporation;
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • The minutes of the first meeting of the board of directors;
  • A completed register of directors and members;
  • An elegant printed membership certificates;
  • A pliers seal.
  • The general power of attorney signed by a nominee director (additional fee applies);
  • Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee director;
  • The agreement for the provision of a nominee service and indemnification of nominee.
  • This is our most popular package with international customers, and includes: -

  • The formation of a company limited by guarantee usually takes as little as five to seven working days from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The registration your BVI company limited by guarantee from scratch using our registered agent & registered office address, and appoint our own candidates to the role of a nominee director and a nominee member;
  • The government and initiation fees for incorporation are included in the price of this package;
  • The search for a company name availability, confirmation, and reservation;
  • The preparation and submission of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • A local registered office address and a local registered agent for one year are included in the price of this package (our registered agent & office address service are charged annually);
  • The provision of a nominee director for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our nominee director service is charged annually);
  • A completed register of directors and members
  • The provision of a nominee member for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our nominee member service is charged annually);

  • To receive an original of the certificate of incorporation from the Companies Registrar usually takes as little as two to three days from the time of incorporation.
  • The following hard bound copy of corporate documents, will be posted to you upon formation of your company limited by guarantee: -

  • An original certificate of incorporation;
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • The minutes of the first meeting of the board of directors;
  • A completed register of directors and members;
  • An elegant printed membership certificates;
  • A pliers seal.
  • Pre-signed, undated letters of resignation from a nominee director and a nominee member;
  • A general power of attorney signed by a nominee director (additional fee applies);
  • A declaration of trust from a nominee member;
  • An indemnity letter for the power of attorney;
  • A nominee agreement which provides for the indemnification of the nominees.
  • This is another one of our most popular packages for small and medium size businesses, such as those being run by a sole director from home, and for companies owned by overseas residents who still need a local registered office address, but would rather not open a local office in the UK;

    This package is often chosen by such customers, who are looking to minimise a sole director' personal liability (and who are not quite familiar with the UK corporate legislation), because this package includes thye provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months. This package is also includes: -

  • The registration your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, and shareholder;
  • The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);
  • The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
    • The provision of a registered office address for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);
    • The provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our nominee secretary service is charged annually);

    The following hard bound copy of the corporate documents, will be send by post to you, upon formation of your private limited company: -

  • A laminated copy of the certificate of incorporation of your company;
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • A hard bound copy of the minutes of the first meeting of directors;
  • Share certificates, and your company register.
  • This is another one very popular package with worldwide customers, and includes: -

  • The formation of a limited partnership usually takes as little as five to seven working days from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The incorporation your BVI offshore limited partnership from scratch using our registered agent & registered office address, and appoint your own candidate to the role of a general partner;
  • The government and initiation fees for registration are included in the price of this package;
  • The search for a limited partnership name availability, confirmation, and reservation;
  • The preparation and submission of the partnership agreement;
  • A local registered office address and a local registered agent for 12 months are included in the price of this package (our registered agent & office address service are charged annually);
  • The provision of a nominee limited partner for one year is also included in the price of this package (our nominee limited partner service is charged annually);

  • To receive an original of the certificate of incorporation from the Companies Registrar usually takes as little as two to three days from the time of incorporation.
  • The following hard bound copy of corporate documents, will be posted to you upon formation of your offshore company: -

  • An original certificate of incorporation;
  • A hard bound copy of the partnership agreement;
  • The minutes of the first meeting of the board of partners;
  • A completed register of partners;
  • An elegant printed membership certificates;
  • A pliers seal;
  • The general power of attorney signed by a nominee limited partner (additional fee applies);
  • Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee limited partner;
  • The agreement for the provision of a nominee service and indemnification of nominee.
  • This is our most popular package with international customers, and includes: -

    This is our most popular package with international customers, and includes: -

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     CHAPTER 3
     QUALIFYING EXPENDITURE
     
    Buildings, structures and land
    21    Buildings
     
         (1) For the purposes of this Act, expenditure on the provision of plant or machinery does not include expenditure on the provision of a building.
     
         (2) The provision of a building includes its construction or acquisition.
     
         (3) In this section, "building" includes an asset which-
     
     
      (a) is incorporated in the building,
     
      (b) although not incorporated in the building (whether because the asset is moveable or for any other reason), is in the building and is of a kind normally incorporated in a building, or
     
      (c) is in, or connected with, the building and is in list A.
     
     
    List A
     
    ASSETS TREATED AS BUILDINGS
     
    1.
     
    Walls, floors, ceilings, doors, gates, shutters, windows and stairs.
     
    2.
     
    Mains services, and systems, for water, electricity and gas.
     
    3.
     
    Waste disposal systems.
     
    4.
     
    Sewerage and drainage systems.
     
    5.
     
    Shafts or other structures in which lifts, hoists, escalators and moving walkways are installed.
     
    6.
     
    Fire safety systems.
         (4) This section is subject to section 23.
     
    22    Structures, assets and works
     
         (1) For the purposes of this Act, expenditure on the provision of plant or machinery does not include expenditure on-
     
     
      (a) the provision of a structure or other asset in list B, or
     
      (b) any works involving the alteration of land.
     
     
    List B
     
    EXCLUDED STRUCTURES AND OTHER ASSETS
     
    1.
     
    A tunnel, bridge, viaduct, aqueduct, embankment or cutting.
     
    2.
     
    A way, hard standing (such as a pavement), road, railway, tramway, a park for vehicles or containers, or an airstrip or runway.
     
    3.
     
    An inland navigation, including a canal or basin or a navigable river.
     
    4.
     
    A dam, reservoir or barrage, including any sluices, gates, generators and other equipment associated with the dam, reservoir or barrage.
     
    5.
     
    A dock, harbour, wharf, pier, marina or jetty or any other structure in or at which vessels may be kept, or merchandise or passengers may be shipped or unshipped.
     
    6.
     
    A dike, sea wall, weir or drainage ditch.
     
    7.
     

    Any structure not within items 1 to 6 other than-
    (a) a structure (but not a building) within Chapter 2 of Part 3 (meaning of "industrial building"),
    (b) a structure in use for the purposes of an undertaking for the extraction, production, processing or distribution of gas, and
    (c) a structure in use for the purposes of a trade which consists in the provision of telecommunication, television or radio services.
         (2) The provision of a structure or other asset includes its construction or acquisition.
     
         (3) In this section-
     
     
      (a) "structure" means a fixed structure of any kind, other than a building (as defined by section 21(3)), and
     
      (b) "land" does not include buildings or other structures, but otherwise has the meaning given in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).
         (4) This section is subject to section 23.
     
    23    Expenditure unaffected by sections 21 and 22
     
         (1) Sections 21 and 22 do not apply to any expenditure to which any of the provisions listed in subsection (2) applies.
     
         (2) The provisions are-

    section 28 (thermal insulation of industrial buildings);

    section 29 (fire safety);

    section 30 (safety at designated sports grounds);

    section 31 (safety at regulated stands at sports grounds);

    section 32 (safety at other sports grounds);

    section 33 (personal security);

    section 71 (software and rights to software);

    section 40D of F(No.2)A 1992 (election relating to tax treatment of films expenditure).
     

         (3) Sections 21 and 22 also do not affect the question whether expenditure on any item described in list C is, for the purposes of this Act, expenditure on the provision of plant or machinery.
     
         (4) But items 1 to 16 of list C do not include any asset whose principal purpose is to insulate or enclose the interior of a building or to provide an interior wall, floor or ceiling which (in each case) is intended to remain permanently in place.
     
     
     
    List C
     
    EXPENDITURE UNAFFECTED BY SECTIONS 21 AND 22
     
    1.
     
    Machinery (including devices for providing motive power) not within any other item in this list.
     
    2.
     

    Electrical systems (including lighting systems) and cold water, gas and sewerage systems provided mainly-
    (a) to meet the particular requirements of the qualifying activity, or
    (b) to serve particular plant or machinery used for the purposes of the qualifying activity.
     
    3.
     
    Space or water heating systems; powered systems of ventilation, air cooling or air purification; and any floor or ceiling comprised in such systems.
     
    4.
     
    Manufacturing or processing equipment; storage equipment (including cold rooms); display equipment; and counters, checkouts and similar equipment.
     
    5.
     
    Cookers, washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators and similar equipment; washbasins, sinks, baths, showers, sanitary ware and similar equipment; and furniture and furnishings.
     
    6.
     
    Lifts, hoists, escalators and moving walkways.
     
    7.
     
    Sound insulation provided mainly to meet the particular requirements of the qualifying activity.
     
    8.
     
    Computer, telecommunication and surveillance systems (including their wiring or other links).
     
    9.
     
    Refrigeration or cooling equipment.
     
    10.
     
    Fire alarm systems; sprinkler and other equipment for extinguishing or containing fires.
     
    11.
     
    Burglar alarm systems.
     
    12.
     
    Strong rooms in bank or building society premises; safes.
     
    13.
     
    Partition walls, where moveable and intended to be moved in the course of the qualifying activity.
     
    14.
     
    Decorative assets provided for the enjoyment of the public in hotel, restaurant or similar trades.
     
    15.
     
    Advertising hoardings; signs, displays and similar assets.
     
    16.
     
    Swimming pools (including diving boards, slides and structures on which such boards or slides are mounted).
     
    17.
     
    Any glasshouse constructed so that the required environment (namely, air, heat, light, irrigation and temperature) for the growing of plants is provided automatically by means of devices forming an integral part of its structure.
     
    18.
     
    Cold stores.
     
    19.
     
    Caravans provided mainly for holiday lettings.
     
    20.
     
    Buildings provided for testing aircraft engines run within the buildings.
     
    21.
     
    Moveable buildings intended to be moved in the course of the qualifying activity.
     
    22.
     
    The alteration of land for the purpose only of installing plant or machinery.
     
    23.
     
    The provision of dry docks.
     
    24.
     
    The provision of any jetty or similar structure provided mainly to carry plant or machinery.
     
    25.
     
    The provision of pipelines or underground ducts or tunnels with a primary purpose of carrying utility conduits.
     
    26.
     
    The provision of towers to support floodlights.
     
    27.
     

    The provision of-
    (a) any reservoir incorporated into a water treatment works, or
    (b) any service reservoir of treated water for supply within any housing estate or other particular locality.
     
    28.
     

    The provision of-
    (a) silos provided for temporary storage, or
    (b) storage tanks.
     
    29.
     
    The provision of slurry pits or silage clamps.
     
    30.
     
    The provision of fish tanks or fish ponds.
     
    31.
     
    The provision of rails, sleepers and ballast for a railway or tramway.
     
    32.
     
    The provision of structures and other assets for providing the setting for any ride at an amusement park or exhibition.
     
    33.
     
    The provision of fixed zoo cages.
         (5) In item 19 of list C, "caravan" includes, in relation to a holiday caravan site, anything that is treated as a caravan for the purposes of-
     
     
      (a) the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 62), or
     
      (b) the Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 (c. 17 (N.I.)).
    24    Interests in land
     
         (1) For the purposes of this Act, expenditure on the provision of plant or machinery does not include expenditure on the acquisition of an interest in land.
     
         (2) In this section "land" does not include-
     
     
      (a) buildings or other structures, or
     
      (b) any asset which is so installed or otherwise fixed to any description of land as to become, in law, part of the land,
     but otherwise has the meaning given in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).
     
         (3) Subject to subsection (2), "interest in land" has the meaning given by section 175 (definitions in connection with provisions about fixtures).
     
    25    Building alterations connected with installation of plant or machinery
     
     If a person carrying on a qualifying activity incurs capital expenditure on alterations to an existing building incidental to the installation of plant or machinery for the purposes of the qualifying activity, this Part applies as if-
     
     
      (a) the expenditure were expenditure on the provision of the plant or machinery, and
     
      (b) the works representing the expenditure formed part of the plant or machinery.
     
    Demolition costs
    26    Demolition costs
     
         (1) This section applies if-
     
     
      (a) plant or machinery is demolished, and
     
      (b) the last use of the plant or machinery was for the purposes of a qualifying activity.
         (2) If the person carrying on the qualifying activity replaces the plant or machinery with other plant or machinery then, for the purposes of this Part, the net cost of the demolition to that person is treated as expenditure incurred on the provision of the other plant or machinery.
     
         (3) If the person carrying on the qualifying activity does not replace the plant or machinery, the net cost of the demolition to that person is allocated to the appropriate pool for the chargeable period in which the demolition takes place.
     
         (4) In subsection (3)-
     
     
      "the appropriate pool" means the pool to which the expenditure on the demolished plant or machinery has been or would be allocated in accordance with this Part, and
     
      "the net cost of the demolition" means the amount, if any, by which the cost of the demolition exceeds any money received for the remains of the plant or machinery.
         (5) Subsection (3) is subject to section 164(4) (abandonment expenditure before cessation of ring fence trade: election for special allowance).
     
     
    Expenditure on thermal insulation, safety measures, etc.
    27    Application of Part to thermal insulation, safety measures, etc.
     
         (1) Subsection (2) has effect in relation to expenditure if-
     
     
      (a) it is expenditure to which any of sections 28 to 33 applies, and
     
      (b) an allowance under Part 2 or a deduction in respect of the expenditure could not, in the absence of this section, be made in calculating the income from the qualifying activity in question.
         (2) This Part (including in particular section 11(4)) applies as if-
     
     
      (a) the expenditure were capital expenditure on the provision of plant or machinery for the purposes of the qualifying activity in question, and
     
      (b) the person who incurred the expenditure owned plant or machinery as a result of incurring it.
    28    Thermal insulation of industrial buildings
     
         (1) This section applies to expenditure if a person carrying on a qualifying activity consisting of a trade has incurred it in adding insulation against loss of heat to an industrial building occupied by him for the purposes of the trade.
     
         (2) This section also applies to expenditure if a person carrying on a qualifying activity consisting of an ordinary Schedule A business has incurred it in adding insulation against loss of heat to an industrial building let by him in the course of the business.
     
         (3) "Industrial building" means a building or structure which is in use for the purposes of a qualifying trade (within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 3).
     
    29    Fire safety
     
         (1) This section applies to expenditure if a person carrying on a qualifying activity has incurred it in taking required fire precautions in respect of premises which he uses for the purposes of the qualifying activity.
     
         (2) A person takes required fire precautions in respect of premises if-
     
     
      (a) he has been served with a notice under section 5(4) of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 (c. 40) specifying steps to be taken in respect of the premises, and
     
      (b) he takes the steps specified in the notice.
         (3) A person also takes required fire precautions in respect of premises if-
     
     
      (a) he has not been served with a notice by the fire authority under section 5(4) of the 1971 Act, but has been sent or given a document by or on behalf of the fire authority that specifies steps that might have been specified in respect of the premises in such a notice, and
     
      (b) he takes the steps specified in the document.
         (4) A person also takes required fire precautions in respect of premises if-
     
     
      (a) he has been served with a prohibition notice under section 10 of the 1971 Act in respect of the premises specifying matters giving rise to a risk of a kind mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, and
     
      (b) he takes steps to remedy the matters specified in the prohibition notice.
         (5) This section has effect in relation to Northern Ireland subject to the modifications in subsection (6).
     
         (6) The modifications are-
     
     
      (a) for the references to section 5(4) of the 1971 Act substitute references to Article 26(4) of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I.1984/1821 (N.I.11)),
     
      (b) for the reference to section 10 of the 1971 Act substitute a reference to Article 33 of the 1984 Order, and
     
      (c) for the references to a fire authority substitute references to the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland.
    30    Safety at designated sports grounds
     
         (1) This section applies to expenditure if a person carrying on a qualifying activity has incurred it in taking required safety precautions in respect of a sports ground which is-
     
     
      (a) designated under section 1 of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (c. 52) as requiring a safety certificate, and
     
      (b) used by him for the purposes of the qualifying activity.
         (2) A person takes required safety precautions in respect of the sports ground if-
     
     
      (a) a safety certificate has been issued under the 1975 Act for the sports ground, and
     
      (b) he takes steps necessary for compliance with the terms and conditions of the safety certificate.
         (3) A person also takes required safety precautions in respect of the sports ground if-
     
     
      (a) he has been sent or given a document by or on behalf of the local authority for the area in which the sports ground is situated,
     
      (b) the document specifies steps which, if taken, would-
     
        (i) be taken into account by the local authority in deciding what terms and conditions to include in a safety certificate to be issued under the 1975 Act for the sports ground, or
     
        (ii) lead to the amendment or replacement of a safety certificate issued or to be issued under the 1975 Act for the sports ground, and
     
      (c) he takes the steps specified in the document.
    31    Safety at regulated stands at sports grounds
     
         (1) This section applies to expenditure if a person carrying on a qualifying activity has incurred it in taking required safety precautions in respect of a stand at a sports ground-
     
     
      (a) the use of which requires a safety certificate under Part III of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27), and
     
      (b) which he uses for the purposes of the qualifying activity.
         (2) A person takes required safety precautions in respect of the stand at the sports ground if-
     
     
      (a) a safety certificate has been issued under the 1987 Act for the stand, and
     
      (b) he takes steps necessary for compliance with the terms and conditions of the safety certificate.
         (3) A person also takes required safety precautions in respect of the stand at the sports ground if-
     
     
      (a) he has been sent or given a document by or on behalf of the local authority for the area in which the sports ground is situated,
     
      (b) the document specifies steps which, if taken, would-
     
        (i) be taken into account by the local authority in deciding what terms and conditions to include in a safety certificate to be issued under the 1987 Act for the stand, or
     
        (ii) lead to the amendment or replacement of a safety certificate issued or to be issued under the 1987 Act for the stand, and
     
      (c) he takes the steps specified in the document.
    32    Safety at other sports grounds
     
         (1) This section applies to expenditure if a person carrying on a qualifying activity has incurred it in taking required safety precautions in respect of a sports ground-
     
     
      (a) which is of a kind described in section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (c. 52) but in respect of which no designation order under that section is in force at the time when he takes those precautions, and
     
      (b) which he uses for the purposes of the qualifying activity,
     and the expenditure is not incurred in respect of a sports ground stand which is within section 31(1)(a).
     
         (2) A person takes required safety precautions in respect of the sports ground if he takes steps which the relevant local authority certify would have fallen within section 30(2) or (3) if-
     
     
      (a) a designation order under section 1 of the 1975 Act had then been in force, and
     
      (b) a safety certificate had then been issued or applied for under the 1975 Act.
         (3) Any provision of regulations made under section 6(1)(b) of the 1975 Act (power of local authorities to charge fees) applies, with the necessary modifications, to the issue of a certificate for the purposes of subsection (2) as it applies to the issue of a safety certificate.
     
         (4) In subsection (2)-
     
     
      (a) "the relevant local authority" means the local authority for the area in which the sports ground is situated, and
     
      (b) "local authority" has the same meaning as in the 1975 Act.
    33    Personal security
     
         (1) This section applies to expenditure if-
     
     
      (a) it is incurred by an individual or partnership of individuals in connection with the provision for, or for use by, the individual, or any of the individuals, of a security asset,
     
      (b) the individual or partnership is carrying on a relevant qualifying activity, and
     
      (c) the special threat conditions are met.
         (2) The special threat conditions are that-
     
     
      (a) the asset is provided or used to meet a threat which-
     
        (i) is a special threat to the individual's personal physical security, and
     
        (ii) arises wholly or mainly because of the relevant qualifying activity, and
     
      (b) the person incurring the expenditure-
     
        (i) has the sole object of meeting that threat in incurring that expenditure, and
     
        (ii) intends the asset to be used solely to improve personal physical security.
         (3) If-
     
     
      (a) the person incurring the expenditure intends the asset to be used solely to improve personal physical security, but
     
      (b) there is another use which is incidental to improving personal physical security,
     that other use is ignored for the purposes of this section.
     
         (4) The fact that an asset improves the personal physical security of any member of the family or household of the individual concerned, as well as that of the individual, does not prevent this section from applying.
     
         (5) If-
     
     
      (a) the asset is not intended to be used solely to improve personal physical security, but the expenditure incurred on it would otherwise be expenditure to which this section applies, and
     
      (b) the person incurring the expenditure intends the asset to be used partly to improve personal physical security,
     this section applies only to the proportion of the expenditure attributable to the intended use to improve personal physical security.
     
         (6) In this section "security asset" means an asset which improves personal security; and here "asset"-
     
     
      (a) does not include-
     
        (i) a car, ship or aircraft, or
     
        (ii) a dwelling or grounds appurtenant to a dwelling, but
     
      (b) subject to paragraph (a), includes equipment, a structure (such as a wall) and an asset which becomes fixed to land.
         (7) Section 81 (extended meaning of "car") does not apply in relation to subsection (6)(a).
     
         (8) In this section "relevant qualifying activity" means a qualifying activity consisting of-
     
     
      (a) a trade,
     
      (b) an ordinary Schedule A business,
     
      (c) a furnished holiday lettings business,
     
      (d) an overseas property business, or
     
      (e) a profession or vocation.
     
    Exclusion of certain types of expenditure
    34    Expenditure by MPs and others on accommodation
     
         (1) Expenditure is not qualifying expenditure if it is incurred by-
     
     
      (a) a member of the House of Commons,
     
      (b) a member of the Scottish Parliament,
     
      (c) a member of the National Assembly for Wales, or
     
      (d) a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly,
     in or in connection with the provision or use of residential or overnight accommodation for the purpose given in subsection (2).
     
         (2) The purpose is enabling the member to perform the duties of a member of the body in or about-
     
     
      (a) the place where the body sits, or
     
      (b) the constituency or region for which the member has been returned.
    35    Expenditure on plant or machinery for use in dwelling-house not qualifying expenditure in certain cases
     
         (1) This section applies if a person is carrying on a qualifying activity consisting of-
     
     
      (a) an ordinary Schedule A business,
     
      (b) an overseas property business, or
     
      (c) special leasing of plant or machinery.
         (2) The person's expenditure is not qualifying expenditure if it is incurred in providing plant or machinery for use in a dwelling-house.
     
         (3) If plant or machinery is provided partly for use in a dwelling-house and partly for other purposes, such apportionment of the expenditure incurred in providing that plant or machinery is to be made for the purposes of subsection (2) as is just and reasonable.
     
    36    Restriction on qualifying expenditure in case of employment or office
     
         (1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to a qualifying activity consisting of an employment or office.
     
         (2) Expenditure is qualifying expenditure only if the plant or machinery is necessarily provided for use in the performance of the duties of the employment or office.
     
         (3) Subsection (2) is subject to section 80 (vehicles provided for purposes of employment or office).
     
    37    Exclusion where sums payable in respect of depreciation
     
         (1) Expenditure incurred by a person in providing plant or machinery for the purposes of a qualifying activity is not qualifying expenditure if it appears-
     
     
      (a) that during the period during which the plant or machinery will be used for the purposes of the qualifying activity sums are, or are to be, payable to that person directly or indirectly, and
     
      (b) that those sums are in respect of, or take account of, the whole of the depreciation of the plant or machinery resulting from its use for those purposes.
         (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the sums fall to be taken into account as income of the person or in calculating the profits of a qualifying activity carried on by him.
     
    38    Production animals etc.
     
     Expenditure is not qualifying expenditure if it is incurred on-
     
     
      (a) animals or other creatures to which Schedule 5 to ICTA (treatment of farm animals etc. for purposes of Case I of Schedule D) applies, or
     
      (b) shares in such animals or creatures.
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