Finance Act 1972

5 (1) Section 234 of the Taxes Act (which treats a bonus issue of share capital other than redeemable share capital as a distribution if it is made at the same time as or after a repayment of share capital) shall apply whether or not the bonus issue is of redeemable share capital, and accordingly in subsection (1)(b) of that section the words " not being redeemable share capital" shall be omitted.

(2) Except in relation to a company within paragraph D of section 461 of the Taxes Act (closely controlled companies), the said section 234 shall not apply if the issue of share capital mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of that section—

(a) is of share capital other than redeemable share capital; and

(b) takes place more than ten years after the repayment of share capital mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection.

(3) This paragraph applies where the issue of share capital mentioned in section 234(1)(b) takes place on or after the 6th April 1973 ; and sub-paragraph (2) above applies whether the repayment of share capital there mentioned takes place before, on or after that date.