Finance Act 2000

74 (1) For the purposes of this Part the investing company makes a qualifying investment if— U.K.

(a) it subscribes for any shares to which investment relief is attributable,

(b) the shares are not issued by a prohibited company,

(c) the shares are issued to the investing company at a qualifying time, and

(d) where the shares were issued before the accrual time—

(i) they have been held continuously by the investment company from the time they were issued until that time, and

(ii) investment relief is attributable to the shares at that time.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

• “a prohibited company” means—

  (a)

  the company whose shares comprised the original holding, or

  (b)

  a company that was, at the accrual time or the time of the issue of the qualifying shares (or both), a member of the same group as that company; and

• “a qualifying time” means any time in the period of four years beginning one year before the accrual time.

(3) For the purposes of the definition of “a prohibited company” in sub-paragraph (2), “the original holding” means—

(a) where the original gain accrued as mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph 73(1)(b), the shares disposed of, and

(b) where the original gain accrued as mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph 73(1)(b), the shares in relation to which the chargeable event occurred.