Part 6Venture capital trusts

Chapter 6Supplementary and general

Supplementary

331Meaning of a company being “in administration” or “in receivership”

1

References in this Part to a company being “in administration” or “in receivership” are to be read as follows.

2

A company is “in administration” if—

a

it is in administration within the meaning of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) or Schedule B1 to the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)), or

b

there is in force in relation to it under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom any appointment corresponding to an appointment of an administrator under either of those Schedules.

3

A company is “in receivership” if there is in force in relation to it—

a

an order for the appointment of an administrative receiver, a receiver and manager or a receiver under Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 3 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or Part 4 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, or

b

any corresponding order under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

332Minor definitions etc

In this Part—

  • associate” has the meaning given by section 253,

  • company” includes any body corporate or unincorporated association but does not include a partnership, and is to be read in accordance with section 99 of TCGA 1992 (unit trust schemes),

  • “director” is read in accordance with F1section 452 of CTA 2010,

  • group” means a parent company and its qualifying subsidiaries,

  • group company”, in relation to a group, means the parent company or any of its qualifying subsidiaries,

  • ordinary shares” means shares forming part of a company's ordinary share capital,

  • parent company” means a company that has one or more qualifying subsidiaries and “single company” means a company that does not,

  • research and development” has the meaning given by section 1006, and

  • shares” includes stock.