Finance Act 1980

24 (1) This paragraph shall apply in any case where the Board are satisfied that—

(a) a person has entered into a certified contractual savings scheme within the meaning of section 415 of the Taxes Act before the day appointed for the coming into force of this Schedule ; and

(b) he has obtained rights under a scheme established before that day to acquire shares in a company of which he is an employee or director (or a company of which such a company has control) using repayments made under the certified contractual savings scheme.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, where this paragraph applies repayments and interest paid under the certified contractual savings scheme shall be treated as repayments and interest paid under a scheme approved by the Board for the purposes of this Schedule under paragraph 5(b) above and accordingly may be used for the purchase of shares under a savings-related share option scheme approved under this Schedule.

(3) The repayments and interest to which sub-paragraph (2) above applies shall not exceed the repayments and interest to which the participant would have been entitled if the terms of the scheme had corresponded to those of a scheme approved by the Board for the purposes of this Schedule under paragraph 5(b) above ; and for the purposes of this paragraph the amount of repayments under the certified contractual savings scheme shall be determined as mentioned in paragraph 6 above.