Finance Act 2000

96(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in this Schedule “disposal” shall be construed in accordance with the 1992 Act, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

(2)A company shall be treated for the purposes of this Schedule, and for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains, as disposing of any shares which but for paragraph 82 (company reconstructions and amalgamations) it—

(a)would be treated as exchanging for other shares by virtue of section 136(1) of the 1992 Act, or

(b)would be so treated but for section 137(1) of the 1992 Act (which restricts sections 135 and 136 of that Act to bona fide reconstructions and amalgamations).