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Valid from 10/07/2003
Reconstruction reliefU.K.
7(1)Where—U.K.
(a)a company (“the acquiring company”) acquires the whole or part of the undertaking of another company (“the target company”) in pursuance of a scheme for the reconstruction of the target company, and
(b)the first, second and third conditions specified below are met,
a land transaction entered into for the purposes of or in connection with the transfer of the undertaking or part is exempt from charge.
Relief under this paragraph is referred to in this Part as “reconstruction relief”.
(2)The first condition is that the consideration for the acquisition consists wholly or partly of the issue of non-redeemable shares in the acquiring company to all the shareholders of the target company.
(3)Where the consideration for the acquisition consists partly of the issue of non-redeemable shares as mentioned in the first condition, that condition is met only if the rest of the consideration consists wholly of the assumption or discharge by the acquiring company of liabilities of the target company.
(4)The second condition is that after the acquisition has been made—
(a)each shareholder of each of the companies is a shareholder of the other, and
(b)the proportion of shares of one of the companies held by any shareholder is the same, or as nearly as may be the same, as the proportion of shares of the other company held by that shareholder.
(5)The third condition is that the acquisition is effected for bona fide commercial reasons and does not form part of a scheme or arrangement of which the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, is the avoidance of liability to tax.
(6)This paragraph is subject to paragraph 9 (withdrawal of reconstruction or acquisition relief).
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