72(1)For the purpose of determining whether shares or securities are to be regarded as comprised in a company's qualifying holdings, section 291 applies in relation to shares or securities issued before 6 April 2007 with the omission of subsection (8).U.K.
(2)For the purpose of determining whether shares or securities are to be regarded as comprised in a company's qualifying holdings, section 291 applies in relation to shares or securities issued before 17 March 2004 with the following modifications—
(a)in subsection (1), the substitution for “a qualifying company (whether or not the same such company at every such time)” of “the qualifying company”,
(b)in subsection (3), the substitution for “was intended to be carried on” of “it intended to carry on” and the omission of “by a qualifying company”,
(c)in subsection (4)(a), the substitution for “a qualifying company” of “the qualifying company”,
(d)in subsection (4)(b), the substitution for “at all times since the end of that period, a qualifying company (whether or not the same such company at every such time) has” of “the qualifying company has at all times since the end of that period”, and
(e)the omission of subsection (6).