PART IV CLOSE COMPANIES
General
102 Interpretation.
1
In this Part of this Act—
“close company” means a company within the meaning of the Corporation Tax Acts which is (or would be if resident in the United Kingdom) a close company for the purposes of those Acts;
“participator”, in relation to any company, means any person who is (or would be if the company were resident in the United Kingdom) a participator in relation to that company F1within the meaning given by section 454 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010, other than a person who would be such a participator by reason only of being a loan creditor;
“qualifying interest in possession” has the meaning given by section 59 above.
2
References in this Part of this Act to a person’s rights and interests in a company include references to rights and interests in the assets of the company available for distribution among the participators in the event of a winding up or in any other circumstances.