Finance Act 2000

Information to be provided by the issuing company etc. U.K.

65 (1) This paragraph applies where— U.K.

(a) the issuing company has provided the Inland Revenue with a compliance statement in respect of an issue of shares, and

(b) an event occurs by reason of which—

(i) the issuing company is not a qualifying issuing company in relation to any of the shares included in that issue, or would not be such a company if investment relief had been obtained in respect of the shares in question,

(ii) the requirements of Part IV of this Schedule are not met in respect of any of the shares included in that issue, or would not be met if investment relief had been obtained in respect of the shares in question, or

(iii) paragraph 47 (value received by investing company) or 56 (value received by other persons) has effect to cause any investment relief attributable to any of the shares included in that issue to be withdrawn or reduced, or would have such an effect if investment relief had been obtained in respect of the shares in question.

(2) Where this paragraph applies—

(a) the company, and

(b) any person connected with the company who has knowledge of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1),

must give the Inland Revenue a notice containing particulars of the event.

(3) Sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 64 shall apply in relation to a person required to give notice under this paragraph of a receipt of value within paragraph 49(1) as it applies to a company required to give such a notice under paragraph 64.

(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (6) any notice required to be given by a company under sub-paragraph (2)(a) must be given—

(a) within 60 days after the event, or

(b) where the event is—

(i) a failure by the company to meet the requirement of paragraph 18 (the “individual-owners requirement”) in respect of any of those shares; or

(ii) a receipt of value within paragraph 49(1) from a person connected with the company (see paragraph 53),

within 60 days after the company’s coming to know of the event.

(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6) any notice required to be given by a person within sub-paragraph (2)(b) must be given within 60 days after the person’s coming to know of the event.

(6) In a case within sub-paragraph (1)(b)(iii), any notice required to be given by a person under sub-paragraph (2) must be given within 60 days after the issue of the shares if—

(a) the event occurred, and

(b) the person came to know of it,

before those shares were issued.