After sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

If, in a case where the continuing loan relationship is a creditor relationship,—

(a)

the company acquired its rights under the relationship on or before 31st March 1996 by virtue of an arm’s length transaction,

(b)

for the accounting period in which it acquired those rights—

(i)

there was no connection (as defined in sub-paragraph (2C) below) between the company and the person from whom the company acquired the asset, but

(ii)

there was such a connection between the company and a company standing in the position of a debtor as respects the money debt, and

(c)

there had been no such connection between the companies mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii) above at any time in the period which—

(i)

begins 4 years before the date on which the company acquired those rights, and

(ii)

ends twelve months before that date,

this paragraph shall have effect as if the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b) above were an amount equal to the greater of the amounts mentioned in sub-paragraph (2B) below.

(2B)

Those amounts are—

(a)

the fair value of the rights at the time when the company ceases to be a party to the loan relationship; and

(b)

the fair value of the rights on 1st April 1996.

(2C)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2A) above there is a connection between a company and another person at any time if at that time—

(a)

the other person is a company and one of the companies has control of the other,

(b)

the other person is a company and both companies are under the control of the same person, or

(c)

the company is a close company and the other person is a participator in that company or the associate of a person who is such a participator,

and there is a connection between a company and another person for an accounting period if there is a connection (within paragraphs (a) to (c) above) between the company and the person at any time in that accounting period.

(2D)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2C) above—

(a)

subsections (2) to (6) of section 416 of the Taxes Act 1988 (meaning of control) shall apply as they apply for the purposes of Part 11 of that Act;

(b)

subject to paragraph (c) below, “participator” and “associate” have the meaning given for the purposes of that Part by section 417 of that Act;

(c)

a person shall not be regarded as a participator in relation to a company by reason only that he is a loan creditor of the company.”.