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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2000/schedule-22/paragraph-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2000/schedule-22/paragraph-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/17",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/22/paragraph/53",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The tonnage tax activities of a tonnage tax company are treated for corporation tax purposes as a separate trade (the company’s “tonnage tax trade”) distinct from all other activities carried on by the company.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not be read as requiring a company to be treated—\n(a) as setting up and commencing a new trade on entry into tonnage tax, or\n(b) as permanently ceasing to carry on a trade on leaving tonnage tax.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/17/schedule/22/paragraph/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:00.128981+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."
}