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(1)M1If, apart from this section, two companies (“the first company” and “the second company”) would be treated as members of the same group of companies and—
(a)in an accounting period one of the two companies has trading losses or other amounts eligible for relief from corporation tax which it would, apart from this section, be entitled to surrender by way of group relief; and
(b)arrangements are in existence by virtue of which, at some time during or after the expiry of that accounting period—
(i)the first company or any successor of it could cease to be a member of the same group of companies as the second company and could become a member of the same group of companies as a third company; or
(ii)any person has or could obtain, or any persons together have or could obtain, control of the first company but not of the second; or
(iii)a third company could begin to carry on the whole or any part of a trade which, at any time in that accounting period, is carried on by the first company and could do so either as a successor of the first company or as a successor of another company which is not a third company but which, at some time during or after the expiry of that accounting period, has begun to carry on the whole or any part of that trade;
then, for the purposes of this Chapter, the first company shall be treated as not being a member of the same group of companies as the second company.
(2)If a trading company is owned by a consortium or is a 90 per cent. subsidiary of a holding company which is owned by a consortium and—
(a)in any accounting period the trading company or a member of the consortium has trading losses or other amounts eligible for relief from corporation tax which it would, apart from this section, be entitled to surrender by way of group relief; and
(b)arrangements are in existence by virtue of which—
(i)the trading company or any successor of it could, at some time during or after the expiry of that accounting period, become a 75 per cent. subsidiary of a third company; or
(ii)any person who owns, or any persons who together own, less than 50 per cent. of the ordinary share capital of the trading company has or together have, or could at some time during or after the expiry of that accounting period obtain, control of the trading company; or
(iii)any person, other than a holding company of which the trading company is a 90 per cent. subsidiary, either alone or together with connected persons, holds or could obtain, or controls or could control the exercise of not less than 75 per cent. of the votes which may be cast on a poll taken at a general meeting of that trading company in that accounting period or in any subsequent accounting period; or
(iv)a third company could begin to carry on, at some time during or after the expiry of that accounting period, the whole or any part of a trade which, at any time in that accounting period, is carried on by the trading company and could do so either as a successor of the trading company or as a successor of another company which is not a third company but which, at some time during or after the expiry of that accounting period, has begun to carry on the whole or any part of that trade;
then, for the purposes of this Chapter, the trading company shall be treated as though it did not (as the surrendering company or the claimant company) fall within section 402(3).
(3)In any case where a trading company is a 90 per cent. subsidiary of a holding company which is owned by a consortium, any reference in subsection (2) above to the trading company, other than a reference in paragraph (b)(iv), shall be construed as including a reference to the holding company.
(4)In this section “third company” means a company which, apart from any provision made by or under any such arrangements as are specified in paragraph (b) of either subsection (1) or subsection (2) above, is not a member of the same group of companies as the first company or, as the case may be, the trading company or the holding company to which subsection (2) above applies.
(5)In subsections (1) and (2) above—
“arrangements” means arrangements of any kind whether in writing or not;
“connected persons” shall be construed in accordance with section 839 [F1but as if subsection (7) of that section (persons acting together to control a company are connected) were omitted]; and
“control” has the meaning assigned by section 840.
(6)For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above a company is the successor of another if it carries on a trade which, in whole or in part, the other company has ceased to carry on and the circumstances are such that—
(a)section 343 applies in relation to the two companies as the predecessor and the successor within the meaning of that section; or
(b)the two companies are connected with each other within the meaning of section 839.
(7)M2Where by virtue of any enactment a Minister of the Crown or Northern Ireland department has power to give directions to a statutory body as to the disposal of assets belonging to, or to a subsidiary of, that body, the existence of that power shall not be regarded as constituting or as having at any time constituted an arrangement within the meaning of this section.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 410(5) inserted (19.3.1997) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), s. 68
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 410 restricted (retrospective to 5.11.1993) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 252(2), Sch. 24 para. 17
C2S. 410 restricted (19.9.1994) by Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21), s. 68(4), Sch. 4 para. 16 (with s. 40(7)); S.I. 1994/2189, art. 2, Sch.
C3S. 410 restricted (19.7.1995) by Crown Agents Act 1995 (c. 24) s. 7(2)
C4S. 410 restricted (6.11.2000) by Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26), s. 130(1), Sch. 4 para. 5; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
C5S. 410 restricted (1.4.2002) by The Scottish Water (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Tax Provisions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/653), art. 5 (with art. 6)
C6S. 410(1)(2) restricted (8.11.1995) by Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995 (c. 37), Sch. 3 para. 8(1)
C7S. 410(1)(2) restricted (24.7.1996) by Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55), s. 149(1)(f), Sch. 7 para. 20(1) (with s. 43(6))
C8S.. 410(1)(4)(5)-(7) applied (with modifications) (31.3.2001 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the affecting S.I.) by The Double Taxation Relief (Surrender of Relievable Tax Within a Group) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1163), reg. 10
C9 See Trustee Savings Bank Act 1985 s.5and Sch.2 para.6(8)—s.410not to apply to transfers effected by s.3of the TSB Act 1985.
Marginal Citations
M1Source—1973 s.29, 32(6); 1981 s.40(6)
M2Source—1981 s.47
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