Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

[F1 [F2 19 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule— U.K.

• “arrangements” includes any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable;

• “associate” has the meaning that would be given by subsections (3) and (4) of section 417 of the Taxes Act if in those subsections “relative” did not include a brother or sister;

• “eligible shares” has the meaning given by section 289(7) of that Act;

• “the five year period”, in the case of [F3 any of the relevant shares], means the period of five years beginning with the issue of the shares;

• “non-resident” means a person who is neither resident nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom;

• “ordinary share capital” has the same meaning as in the Taxes Act;

• “ordinary shares”, in relation to a company, means shares forming part of its ordinary share capital;

• “qualifying business activity” has the meaning given by section 289(2) of the Taxes Act;

• “qualifying company”, in relation to any eligible shares, means a company which, in relation to those shares, is a qualifying company for the purposes of Chapter III of Part VII of that Act;

• “the relevant period”, in the case of any shares, means the period found by applying section 312(1A)(a) of that Act by reference to the company that issued the shares and by reference to the shares;

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• “the seven year period” has the meaning given by section 291(6) of the Taxes Act.

[F5 (1A) For the purposes of this Schedule, “the relevant shares”, in relation to a case to which this Schedule applies, means the shares which—

(a) are acquired by the investor in making the qualifying investment, and

(b) where the qualifying investment is made before the time at which the original gain accrues, are still held by the investor at that time.

This is subject to sub-paragraphs (1B) and (1D) below.

(1B) If any corresponding bonus shares in the same company are issued to the investor or any person who has acquired any of the relevant shares from the investor on a disposal within marriage, this Schedule shall apply as if references to the relevant shares were to all the shares comprising the relevant shares and the bonus shares so issued.

(1C) In sub-paragraph (1B) above “corresponding bonus shares” means bonus shares which—

(a) are issued in respect of the relevant shares; and

(b) are of the same class, and carry the same rights, as those shares.

(1D) If, in circumstances in which paragraph 8 above applies, new shares are issued in exchange for old shares, references in this Schedule to the relevant shares, so far as they relate to the old shares, shall be construed as references to the new shares and not to the old shares.

(1E) In sub-paragraph (1D) above “new shares” and “old shares” have the same meaning as in paragraph 8 above.]

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, “deferral relief” is attributable to any shares if—

(a) expenditure on the shares has been set under this Schedule against the whole or part of any gain; and

(b) in relation to the shares there has been no chargeable event for the purposes of this Schedule.

(3) In this Schedule—

(a) references (however expressed) to an issue of eligible shares in any company are to any eligible shares in the company that are of the same class and are issued on the same day;

(b) references to a disposal within marriage are references to any disposal to which section 58 applies; and

(c) references to Chapter III of Part VII of the Taxes Act or any provision of that Chapter are to that Chapter or provision as it applies in relation to shares issued on or after 1st January 1994.

(4) For the purposes of this Schedule shares in a company shall not be treated as being of the same class unless they would be so treated if dealt with on the Stock Exchange.

(5) Notwithstanding anything in section 288(5), shares shall not for the purposes of this Schedule be treated as issued by reason only of being comprised in a letter of allotment or similar instrument.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5B inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 4(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 13 para. 4(3)

F2 Sch. 5B paras. 16-19 and cross-headings inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 13 para. 36

F3 Words in Sch. 5B para. 19(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), Sch. 8 para. 4(j)

F4 Words in Sch. 5B para. 19 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 73(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), Sch. 8 para. 3(1), Sch. 20 Pt. III(18)

F5 Sch. 5B para. 19(1A)-(1E) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), Sch. 8 para. 3(2)