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46. Acceleration of wear and tear allowances for certain energy-efficient equipment.

(1) The Principal Act is amended -

(a) by inserting the following section after section 285:

 "285A.

(1) In this section -

' energy-efficient equipment ' means equipment, named on and complying with the criteria stated on the specified list, provided for the purposes of a trade and which at the time it is so provided is unused and not second-hand;

' relevant period ' means the period commencing on the date on which the first order is made under subsection (4) and ending 3 years after that date;

' the specified list ' means the list of energy-efficient equipment which—

(a) complies with subsections (3) and (4), and

(b) is maintained for the purposes of this section by Sustainable Energy Ireland — The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland;

' Table ' means the Table in Schedule 4A.

(2) Subject to this section, where for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 to a company which has incurred capital expenditure on the provision of energy-efficient equipment for the purposes of a trade carried on by that company, section 284(2) shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that section to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 100 per cent.

(3) The specified list shall contain only such equipment that—

(a) is in a class of technology specified in column (1) of the Table, and