Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 912

The Energy-Saving Items Regulations 2006

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2006 No. 912

INCOME TAX

The Energy-Saving Items Regulations 2006

	Made	23rd March 2006
	Laid before the House of Commons	24th March 2006
	Coming into force	6th April 2006

The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 312(5)(c) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005[1].

Citation, commencement and effect
    1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Energy-Saving Items Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.

    (2) These Regulations have effect in relation to expenditure incurred on or after 6th April 2006.

Items of an energy-saving nature
    2.The following descriptions of items of an energy-saving nature are specified for the purposes of section 312(5)(c) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (deduction for expenditure on energy-saving items)—

Vernon Coaker

Gillian Merron
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

23rd March 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 312 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) provides for expenditure on energy-saving items to be deducted in calculating the profits of a property business. Subsection (5) of section 312 provides that cavity wall insulation and loft insulation are energy-saving items; and paragraph (c) of section 312(5) provides that an energy-saving item also includes such other descriptions of items of an energy-saving nature as may be specified in regulations made by the Treasury.

These Regulations exercise the powers conferred by section 312(5)(c) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005, specifying hot water system insulation and draught proofing as items of an energy-saving nature.

These Regulations do not impose new costs on business.

Notes:

[1] 2005 c. 5.back

ISBN 0 11 074395 4

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