Finance Act, 1999

Amendment of section 481 (relief for investment in films) of Principal Act.

61.—Section 481 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1) in the definition of “qualifying period” by the substitution—

(i) in paragraph (a) for “22nd day of January, 1999” of “5th day of April, 2000”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b) for “5th day of April, 1999” of “5th day of April, 2000”,

(b) in subsection (4)—

(i) in paragraph (a) by the substitution for “Subject to paragraph (b), where in any period of 12 months (in paragraph (b) referred to as a ‘12 month period’) ending on an anniversary of the 22nd day of January, 1996, the amount or the aggregate amount of the relevant investments made,” of the following:

“Subject to paragraph (b), where in the period—

(I) being a period of 12 months (in paragraph (b) referred to as a ‘12 month period’) ending on an anniversary of the 22nd day of January, 1996, or

(II) commencing on the 23rd day of January, 1999, and ending on the 5th day of April, 2000 (in paragraph (b) referred to as the ‘specified period’),

the amount or the aggregate amount of the relevant investments made,”,

and

(ii) in paragraph (b)(ii) by the insertion after “any 12 month period” of “, or in the specified period,”,

(c) in subsection (8) by the substitution for “1998-99” of “1999-2000”, and

(d) in subsection (9) by the substitution for “1998-99” of “1999-2000”.