Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12)

Part V Transfer of business assets

Chapter I General provisions

Replacement of business assets

157 Trade carried on by family company: business assets dealt with by individual

In relation to a case where—

(a) the person disposing of, or of his interest in, the old assets and acquiring the new assets, or an interest in them, is an individual, and

(b) the trade or trades in question are carried on not by that individual but by a company which, both at the time of the disposal and at the time of the acquisition referred to in paragraph (a) above, is his family company, within the meaning of Schedule 6,

any reference in sections 152 to 156 to the person carrying on the trade (or the 2 or more trades) includes a reference to that individual.