707 Procedure for clearance in advance.U.K.
M1(1)The following provisions shall have effect where in pursuance of this section a [F1company] furnishes to the Board particulars of a transaction or transactions effected or to be effected by [F2it] , that is to say—
(a)if the Board are of opinion that the particulars, or any further information furnished in pursuance of this paragraph, are not sufficient for the purposes of this section, they shall within 30 days of the receipt thereof notify to that [F1company] what further information they require for those purposes, and unless that further information is furnished to the Board within 30 days from the notification, or such further time as the Board may allow, they shall not be required to proceed further under this section;
(b)subject to paragraph (a) above, the Board shall within 30 days of the receipt of the particulars, or, where that paragraph has effect, of all further information required, notify that [F1company] whether or not they are satisfied that the transaction or transactions as described in the particulars were or will be such that no notice under section 703(3) ought to be given in respect of it or them;
and, subject to the following provisions of this section, if the Board notify [F2it] that they are so satisfied, section 703 shall not apply to [F2it] in respect of that transaction or those transactions.
(2)If the particulars, and any further information given under this section with respect to any transaction or transactions, are not such as to make full and accurate disclosure of all facts and considerations relating thereto which are material to be known to the Board, any notification given by the Board under this section shall be void.
(3)In no event shall the giving of a notification under this section with respect to any transaction or transactions prevent section 703 applying to a [F3company] in respect of transactions which include that transaction or all or some of those transactions and also include another transaction or other transactions.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 707(1) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 159(2)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F2Words in s. 707(1) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 159(2)(b) (with Sch. 2)
F3Word in s. 707(3) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 159(3) (with Sch. 2)
Marginal Citations
M1Source—1970 s.464