60(1)Section 116 of that Act (reorganisations, conversions and reconstructions) shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)After subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(4A)In determining for the purposes of subsections (1) to (4) above, as they apply for the purposes of corporation tax—
(a)whether sections 127 to 130 would apply in any case, and
(b)what, in a case where they would apply, would constitute the original shares and the new holding,
it shall be assumed that every asset representing a loan relationship of a company is a security within the meaning of section 132.”
(3)After subsection (8) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(8A)Where subsection (6) above applies for the purposes of corporation tax in a case where the old asset consists of a qualifying corporate bond, Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships) shall have effect so as to require such debits and credits to be brought into account for the purposes of that Chapter in relation to the relevant transaction as would have been brought into account if the transaction had been a disposal of the old asset at the market value mentioned in that subsection.”
(4)After subsection (15) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(16)This section has effect for the purposes of corporation tax notwithstanding anything in section 80(5) of the Finance Act 1996 (matters to be brought into account in the case of loan relationships only under Chapter II of Part IV of that Act).”