Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 (Number 39 of 1997)
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697D Election for tonnage tax.
(1) Tonnage tax shall apply only if an election (in this Part and Schedule 18B referred to as a “tonnage tax election”) under this Part to that effect is made by a qualifying single company (in this Part and in Schedule 18B referred to as a “company election”) or by a qualifying group of companies (in this Part and in Schedule 18B referred to as a “group election”).
(2) (a) Tonnage tax shall only apply to a company which is a member of a group of companies if the company joins in a group election which shall be made jointly by all the qualifying companies in the group.
(b) A group election shall have effect in relation to all qualifying companies in the group.
(3) A tonnage tax election shall be made only if the requirements of [2]>section 697E and 697F<[2][2]>section 697F<[2] are met.
(4) Part 1 of Schedule 18B shall apply for the purposes of making and giving effect to an election under this Part.
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Inserted by FA02 s53(1). FA03 s62 amends FA03 s53 to provide that Part 24A will take effect from the date of passing of FA03, 28 March 2003.