(1) Section 288 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (6):

 "(6A)

(a) Where -

(i) the sale, insurance, salvage or compensation moneys consist of a payment or payments to a person under the scheme for compensation in respect of the decommissioning of fishing vessels implemented by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No. 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006, and

(ii) on account of the receipt by the person of such payment or payments, a balancing charge is to be made on the person for any chargeable period other than by virtue of paragraph (b),

then, the amount on which the balancing charge is to be made for that chargeable period shall be an amount equal to one-fifth of the amount (in this subsection referred to as 'the original amount') on which the balancing charge would but for this subsection have been made.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), there shall be made on the person for each of the 4 immediately succeeding chargeable periods a balancing charge, and the amount on which that charge is made for each of those periods shall be an amount equal to one-fifth of the original amount.".

(2) Subsection (1) comes into operation on the making of an order to that effect by the Minister for Finance.