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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22)

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Oil Taxation Act 1975

1975 CHAPTER 22

Contents

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  1. PART I

    PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX

    1. 1. Petroleum revenue tax

    2. 2. Assessable profits and allowable losses

    3. 3. Allowance of expenditure (other than expenditure on long-term assets and abortive exploration expenditure)

    4. 4. Allowance of expenditure on long-term assets

    5. 5. Allowance of abortive exploration expenditure

    6. 5A. Allowance of exploration and appraisal expenditure

    7. 5B. Allowance of research expenditure

    8. 6. Allowance of unrelievable loss from abandoned field

    9. 7. Relief for allowable losses

    10. 8. Oil allowance

    11. 9.Limit on amount of tax payable

    12. 9A. Operating expenditure incurred while section 9 applies

    13. 10. Modification of Part I in connection with certain gas sold to British Gas Corporation

    14. 11. Application of Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968

    15. 12. Interpretation of Part I

  2. Part II

    1. 13–19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Miscellaneous and General

    1. 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 21. Citation, interpretation and construction

  4. SCHEDULE 1

    Determination of Oil Fields

  5. SCHEDULE 2

    Management and Collection of Petroleum Revenue Tax

  6. SCHEDULE 3

    Petroleum Revenue Tax: Miscellaneous Provisions

  7. SCHEDULE 4

    Provisions Supplementary to Sections 3 and 4

  8. SCHEDULE 5

    Allowance of Expenditure (other than Abortive Exploration Expenditure)

  9. SCHEDULE 6

    Allowance of Expenditure (other than Abortive Exploration Expenditure) on Claim by Participator

  10. SCHEDULE 7

    Allowance of Abortive Exploration Expenditure

  11. SCHEDULE 8

    Allowance of Unrelievable Field Loss

  12. SCHEDULE 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

An Act to impose a new tax in respect of profits from substances won or capable of being won under the authority of licences granted under the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 or the Petroleum (Production) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964; to make in the law relating to income tax and corporation tax amendments connected with such substances or with petroleum companies; and for connected purposes.

[8th May 1975] X1

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1This Act is presented in the form in which it appears in the 1988 edition of The Taxes Acts (published by HMSO) and incorporating amendments made by the 1989 Inland Revenue Supplement and 1991 Statutes in Force Supplement. The style of editing differs from that applicable to most Acts published in Statutes in Force.

C2General amendments etc. to Tax Acts (or Income Tax Acts or Corporation Tax Acts as the case may be) made by Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9, SIF 63:1), s. 41A(7) (as added by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 95(1)(2), British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), s. 82(2)(7); Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 72(3); Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 63:1), ss. 82(6), 85(2), 89(1)(7), 96(1)(7), 98(7), Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(9), Sch. 16 paras. 6, 12 and Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 72(1), 74(5), Sch. 23 para. 15(4), S.I. 1987/530, regs. 11(2), 13(1), 14, Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), ss. 4, 6, 7, 9, 32, 34, 78, 134, 135, 141, 142, 185, 191, 193, 194, 195, 200, 203, 209, 212, 213, 219, 247, 253, 272, 287, 314, 315, 317, 318, 325, 326, 327, 345, 350, 351, 368, 375, 381, 397, 414, 432, 440, 442, 446, 458, 460, 461, 463, 463(2)(3) (as added by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 50(2) ), 468, 474, 475, 486, 490, 491, 503, 511, 518, 524, 532, 544, 550, 556, 558, 569, 572, 582, 595, 601, 613, 617, 619, 621, 639, 656, 660, 663, 676, 689, 691, 694, 700, 701, 714, 716, 739, 743, 754, 763, 776, 780, 781, 782, 787, 789, 811, 828, 829, 832, 833, 834, 835, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, Sch. 2 para. 5, Sch. 4 para. 5, Sch. 13 para. 10, Sch. 16 para. 10, Sch. 21 para. 6, Sch. 26 para. 1, Sch. 27 para. 20, Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 63:1), ss. 66, 127(1)(6), Sch. 12 para. 6, Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), ss. 28(1), 68(8), 74, 82, 83(5), 148(5), 163(4), 164(2), S.I. 1990/627 and Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 25(10)

C3Act modified by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), ss. 106(4), 108(3).

Act modified (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 16, s. 98(2)(4)

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.

Editorial Information

X1General amendments to Tax Acts, Income Tax Acts, and/or Corporation Tax Acts made by legislation after 1.2.1991 are noted against Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1) but not against each Act

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