Finance Act 1984

5 (1) Where a deep discount security issued by a company is at any time beneficially owned by another company which is—

(a) an associated company (within the meaning of section 302 of the Taxes Act) of the issuing company ; or

(b) a member of a group of companies of which the issuing company is also a member;

sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 3 of this Schedule shall apply to any linked income element with the addition, after the words " the accounting period ", of the words " in which the security is redeemed ".

(2) In this paragraph " linked income element" means the income element in respect of the security in question for any income period in which the security is at any time beneficially owned by the other company.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, two companies shall be deemed to be members of a group of companies if one is a 51 per cent subsidiary of the other or both are 51 per cent, subsidiaries of a third company.