{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capital-allowances-act-2001/section-268E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capital-allowances-act-2001/section-268E.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/2",
  "legislation_title": "Capital Allowances Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capital-allowances-act-2001",
  "path": "section/268E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "268E",
  "heading": "Meaning of “assigns”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part—\n(a) a person (“A”) is taken to assign the benefit of a contract, or rights under a contract, to another person (“B”) whenever B becomes entitled, and A ceases to be entitled, to the benefit or rights (whether by assignment, novation, variation or replacement of the contract, by operation of law or otherwise), and\n(b) references to an assignment are to be read accordingly.\n(2) Any reference in this Part to the benefit of a contract or to rights under a contract includes a reference to part of the benefit of a contract or to part of the rights under a contract.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 268E inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 9(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 9 para. 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/268E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:17.739129+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}