Finance Act, 1977
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 Exclusion of mining and construction operations.  |   
 30.—Section 24 shall not apply in relation to corporation tax charged on the income of a company which carries on a trade consisting wholly or partly of—  | |
(a) any mining operations for the purpose of obtaining, whether by underground or surface working, any scheduled mineral, mineral compound or mineral substance, within the meaning of section 2 of the Minerals Development Act, 1940 , or  | ||
(b) any construction operations within the meaning of section 17 of the Finance Act, 1970 (inserted by the Finance Act, 1976 ).  |