Energy Act 2004

2 (1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of corporation tax where— U.K.

(a) a company (“the transferor company”) which is not an NDA company is carrying on a trade which consists in or includes exempt activities; and

(b) in consequence of a section 39 scheme—

(i) the transferor company ceases to carry on that trade or a part of it which consists in or includes such activities; and

(ii) the NDA or an NDA company begins to carry on that trade or that part of it.

(2) Trading losses attributable to so much of the trade or part of a trade as consists in exempt activities carried on by the transferor company before the time when the NDA or the NDA company begins to carry on the trade or that part of it shall be treated, in relation to accounting periods ending after that time, as extinguished.

(3) [F1 Sections 944 and 951 to 953 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (transfers of trade without a change of ownership)] shall apply in relation to an unextinguished loss sustained by the transferor company in carrying on the trade or the part of it in question as if—

(a) the case were a case falling within [F2 Chapter 1 of Part 22 of that Act];

(b) the transferor company were the predecessor; and

(c) the NDA or the NDA company in question were the successor.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 438(2)(a) (with Sch. 2)

F2 Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 438(2)(b) (with Sch. 2)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 9 para. 2 in force at 5.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1