6.—(1) Until section 658 of the Companies Act 2006(1) (rule against limited company acquiring own shares) comes into force, references to that section in the provisions specified in Schedule 4 (transitional: references to Companies Act 2006) have effect as if they were references to section 143 of the Companies Act 1985(2) (general rule against companies acquiring own shares).
(2) This regulation, so far as it has effect in relation to any provision specified in that Schedule, has the same effect as that provision has by virtue of regulation 3 of the Corporation Tax (Implementation of the Mergers Directive) Regulations 2007 (as read with regulation 4 of these Regulations).