The Act Part 4 – Anti-avoidance regulations Section 39 – Non-domestic rates avoidance arrangements
172.Section 39 explains what is meant by “non-domestic rates avoidance arrangements”. Arrangements includes agreements, transactions, undertakings, actions and events, and may include several different arrangements which form a series. The arrangements are “non-domestic rates avoidance arrangements” if it is reasonable to conclude their main purpose, or one of their main purposes, is obtaining an advantage (i.e. reducing or delaying payment of rates, or obtaining a repayment of them).