[F1517ORelevance of transactions, arrangements, etcU.K.
(1)In determining whether section 517C(1) or 517E(1) applies, account is to be taken of any method, however indirect, by which—
(a)any property or right is transferred or transmitted, or
(b)the value of any property or right is enhanced or diminished.
(2)Accordingly—
(a)the occasion of the transfer or transmission of any property or right, however indirect, and
(b)the occasion when the value of any property or right is enhanced,
may be an occasion on which section 517C(1) or 517E(1) applies.
(3)Subsections (1) and (2) apply in particular—
(a)to sales, contracts and other transactions made otherwise than for full consideration or for more than full consideration,
(b)to any method by which any property or right, or the control of any property or right, is transferred or transmitted by assigning—
(i)share capital or other rights in a company,
(ii)rights in a partnership, or
(iii)an interest in settled property,
(c)to the creation of an option affecting the disposition of any property or right and the giving of consideration for granting it,
(d)to the creation of a requirement for consent affecting such a disposition and the giving of consideration for granting it,
(e)to the creation of an embargo affecting such a disposition and the giving of consideration for releasing it, and
(f)to the disposal of any property or right on the winding up, dissolution or termination of a company, partnership or trust.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 9A inserted (with effect in relation to disposals on or after 5.7.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 79(1), 82(1) (with s. 82(2)-(15)); which insertion also has effect so far as it would not otherwise have effect in accordance with Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 39(1)(2)