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300Election to treat certain companies as transparentU.K.

(1)A company that is, or is a member of, a generating undertaking may elect that the company is to be treated as transparent while the election is in force.

Section 301 sets out the effect of a company being “treated as transparent”.

(2)An election under subsection (1)

(a)must be made by notice to HMRC;

(b)must specify the first day on which the election is to have effect, which must be no earlier than 12 months before the day on which the notice is given;

(c)may only be made if conditions A and B are met.

(3)Condition A is that—

(a)the company is a qualifying joint venture that is, or is a member of, a generating undertaking, or

(b)the company—

(i)is a subsidiary member of a group that is a generating undertaking, and

(ii)has at least one significant minority shareholder.

(4)Condition B is that each shareholder of the company—

(a)has at least a 10% interest in it,

(b)is a company, and

(c)has consented to the making of the election.

(5)Where two or more members of a group are shareholders of the company, they are to be regarded as a single shareholder (and their interests aggregated) for the purposes of determining whether subsection (4)(a) is met (but each must still consent to the making of the election for condition B to be satisfied).

(6)For the purposes of this section and section 301

(a)a person is a shareholder of a company if—

(i)in the case of a company that has ordinary share capital, the person holds ordinary share capital of the company, or

(ii)in the case of a company that does not have ordinary share capital, the person is beneficially entitled to a share of the company’s profits available for distribution to equity holders of it, and

(b)a shareholder’s interest in a company is—

(i)in the case of a company that has ordinary share capital, the proportion of the ordinary share capital of the company the shareholder holds, or

(ii)in the case of a company that does not have ordinary share capital, the proportion of the company’s profits available for distribution to equity holders of it to which the shareholder is beneficially entitled.

(7)An election under this section has effect from the date specified in accordance with subsection (2)(b) until—

(a)revoked by the company,

(b)revoked by HMRC, or

(c)a person who was not a shareholder of the company at the time the election first took effect becomes a shareholder of the company.

Nothing in this subsection is to be read as preventing a subsequent election being made that commences at any time after the first election ceased to have effect.

(8)An election may be revoked by the company by notice given to HMRC that specifies the date the election is to cease to have effect, which must be no earlier than 12 months before the day on which the notice of revocation is given.

(9)An election may be revoked by HMRC by notice given to the company if HMRC considers that the company or its shareholders have not complied with any obligation under this Part.

(10)A notice under subsection (9)

(a)must specify the date from which the revocation has effect (including a date which if specified would result in the election never having effect), and

(b)must state the reasons for revocation, and

(c)may be appealed by the company by notice to HMRC.

(11)An appeal under subsection (10)(c) must be made during the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which the notice under subsection (9) was given.

Further provision about appeals is contained in Part 5 of TMA 1970 (which applies in relation to the electricity generator levy as a result of section 302).

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