Part 2Income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax

Chapter 5Alternative finance arrangements

Introductory

46Alternative finance arrangements

1

In this Chapter “alternative finance arrangements” means arrangements falling within section 47 or 49.

2

In this Chapter “financial institution” means—

a

a bank as defined by section 840A of ICTA,

b

a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53),

c

a wholly-owned subsidiary of a bank within paragraph (a) or a building society within paragraph (b),

d

a person authorised by a licence under Part 3 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) to carry on a consumer credit business or consumer hire business within the meaning of that Act, or

e

a person authorised in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom to receive deposits or other repayable funds from the public and to grant credits for its own account.

3

For the purposes of subsection (2)(c) a company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a bank or building society (“the parent”) if it has no members except the parent and the parent's wholly-owned subsidiaries or persons acting on behalf of the parent or the parent's wholly-owned subsidiaries.