Part IV Shares, securities, options etc.
Chapter I General
Gilt-edged securities and qualifying corporate bonds
C1117 Meaning of “qualifying corporate bond".
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For the purposes of corporation tax “qualifying corporate bond” means (subject to sections 117A and 117B below) any asset representing a loan relationship of a company; and for purposes other than those of corporation tax references to a qualifying corporate bond shall be construed in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
1
For the purposes of this section, a “corporate bond” is a security, as defined in section 132(3)(b)—
a
the debt on which represents and has at all times represented a normal commercial loan; and
b
which is expressed in sterling and in respect of which no provision is made for conversion into, or redemption in, a currency other than sterling,
and in paragraph (a) above “normal commercial loan” has the meaning which would be given by sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 18 to the Taxes Act if for paragraph (a)(i) to (iii) of that sub-paragraph there were substituted the words “
corporate bonds (within the meaning of section 117 of the 1992 Act)
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2
For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above—
a
a security shall not be regarded as expressed in sterling if the amount of sterling falls to be determined by reference to the value at any time of any other currency or asset; and
b
a provision for redemption in a currency other than sterling but at the rate of exchange prevailing at redemption shall be disregarded.
C2F32AA
For the purposes of this section “corporate bond” also includes any asset which is not included in the definition in subsection (1) above and which is a relevant discounted security for the purposes of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 1996.
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4
For the purposes of this section “corporate bond” also includes a share in a building society—
a
which is a qualifying share,
b
which is expressed in sterling, and
c
in respect of which no provision is made for conversion into, or redemption in, a currency other than sterling.
5
For the purposes of subsection (4) above, a share in a building society is a qualifying share if—
a
it is a permanent interest bearing share, or
b
it is of a description specified in regulations made by the Treasury for the purposes of this paragraph.
6
Subsection (2) above applies for the purposes of subsection (4) above as it applies for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above, treating the reference to a security as a reference to a share.
F16A
For the purposes of this section “corporate bond” also includes, except in relation to a person who acquires it on or after a disposal in relation to which section 115 has or has had effect in accordance with section 116(10)(c), any debenture issued on or after 16th March 1993 which is not a security (as defined in section 132) but—
a
is issued in circumstances such that it would fall by virtue of section 251(6) to be treated for the purposes of section 251 as such a security; and
b
would be a corporate bond if it were a security as so defined.
F46B
An excluded indexed security issued on or after 6th April 1996 is not a corporate bond for the purposes of this section; and an excluded indexed security issued before that date shall be taken to be such a bond for the purposes of this section only if—
a
it would be so taken apart from this subsection; and
b
the question whether it should be so taken arises for the purposes of section 116(10).
6C
In subsection (6B) above “excluded indexed security” has the same meaning as in Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 1996 (relevant discounted securities).
7
Subject to subsections (9) and (10) below, for the purposes of this Act, a corporate bond—
a
is a “qualifying” corporate bond if it is issued after 13th March 1984; and
b
becomes a “qualifying” corporate bond if, having been issued on or before that date, it is acquired by any person after that date and that acquisition is not as a result of a disposal which is excluded for the purposes of this subsection, or which was excluded for the purposes of section 64(4) of the M1Finance Act 1984.
8
Where a person disposes of a corporate bond which was issued on or before 13th March 1984 and, before the disposal, the bond had not become a qualifying corporate bond, the disposal is excluded for the purposes of subsection (7) above if, by virtue of any enactment—
a
the disposal is treated for the purposes of this Act as one on which neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the person making the disposal; or
b
the consideration for the disposal is treated for the purposes of this Act as reduced by an amount equal to the held-over gain on that disposal, as defined for the purposes of section 165 or 260.
F58A
A corporate bond falling within subsection (2AA) above is a qualifying corporate bond whatever its date of issue.
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11
For the purposes of this section—
a
where a security is comprised in a letter of allotment or similar instrument and the right to the security thereby conferred remains provisional until accepted, the security shall not be treated as issued until there has been acceptance; and
b
“permanent interest bearing share” has the same meaning as in the M2Building Societies (Designated Capital Resources) (Permanent Interest Bearing Shares) Order 1991 F9as if that Order were still in force, with the modification that, for references to “the first criterion” wherever they appear (including definitions), there are substituted references to “the second criterion”.
12
The Treasury may by regulations provide that for the definition of the expression “permanent interest bearing share” in subsection (11) above (as it has effect for the time being) there shall be substituted a different definition of that expression, and regulations under this subsection or subsection (5)(b) above may contain such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provision as the Treasury thinks fit.
13
This section shall have effect for the purposes of section 254 with the omission of subsections (4) to (6), (11) and (12).