Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 (Number 39 of 1997)
405 Restriction on use of capital allowances on holiday cottages.
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(1) [2]>Subject to subsection (2)<[2][2]>Subject to subsections (2) and (3)<[2], where on or after the 24th day of April, 1992, a person incurs capital expenditure on the acquisition or construction of a building or structure which is or is to be an industrial building or structure by virtue of being a holiday cottage within the meaning of section 268, and an allowance is to be made in respect of that expenditure under section 271 or 272—
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(a) neither section 305(1)(b) nor section 308(4) shall apply as respects that allowance, and
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(a) sections 305(1)(b), 308(4) and 420(2) shall not apply as respects that allowance, and
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(a) sections 305(1)(b), 308(4) and 420(2) shall not apply as respects that allowance, and
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(b) neither section 381 nor section 396(2) shall apply as respects the whole or part (as the case may be) of any loss which would not have arisen but for the making of that allowance.
(2) This section shall not apply to expenditure incurred before the 6th day of April, 1993, on the acquisition or construction of a building or structure (in this subsection referred to as “the holiday cottage”) which is or is to be an industrial building or structure by virtue of being a holiday cottage within the meaning of section 268 if before the 24th day of April, 1992—
(a) a binding contract in writing for the construction of the holiday cottage was entered into, or
(b) (i) a binding contract in writing for the purchase or lease of land for the construction of the holiday cottage was entered into, and
(ii) an application for planning permission for the construction of the holiday cottage was received by a planning authority.
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(3) This section shall not apply to a building or structure which is in use as a holiday cottage and comprised in premises first registered on or after 6 April 2001 in a register of approved holiday cottages established by [5]>Bord Fáilte Éireann<[5][5]>the National Tourism Development Authority<[5] under Part III of the Tourist Traffic Act, 1939, where, prior to such premises becoming so registered—
(a) the building or structure was a qualifying premises within the meaning of section 353, by virtue of being in use for the purposes of the operation of a tourist accommodation facility specified in a list published under section 9 of the Tourist Traffic Act, 1957, and
(b) the provisions of section 355(4) did not apply to expenditure incurred on the acquisition, construction or refurbishment of that building or structure, by virtue of the provisions of section 355(5).
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