Finance Act 2025

Amendment of section 530A of Principal Act (principal to whom relevant contracts tax applies)

21. Section 530A of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

“(d) a local authority, a public utility society (within the meaning of section 2 of the Housing Act 1966), a body referred to in section 45 of the Housing Act 1966 and approved for the purposes of the said section 45 or a body referred to in subsection (1) of section 7 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979 and approved for the purposes of the said section 7 .”.