Commentary on Sections Glossary Structure of Part 2 Overview
338.This Chapter makes special provision for expenditure on plant or machinery under a hire-purchase or similar contract which a person does not own. It also deals with expenditure by lessees who are required, under the terms of a lease, to provide plant or machinery which they do not own.
339.Section 67 treats a person entitled to the benefit of plant or machinery under a hire-purchase or similar contract as owning it. It also treats the person as having incurred all the expenditure under the contract when they bring the plant or machinery into use.
340.Section 68 provides disposal values when a person ceases to be entitled to the benefit of a contract and so is treated as ceasing to own it. The disposal value depends on whether or not the plant or machinery has been brought into use.
341.Section 69 excludes fixtures (as defined in Chapter 14) from section 67.
342.Section 70 deals with the special circumstances mentioned in paragraph 338. A lessee who is required to provide plant or machinery under the terms of a lease but does not own it is, subject to certain conditions, treated as owning it. The lessor is then, in certain circumstances, subsequently required to bring a disposal value into account.