Part 5Group relief
Chapter 4Claims for group relief
Surrenderable amounts under Chapter 2
133Consortium conditions 2 and 3
(1)
Consortium condition 2 is met if—
(a)
the surrendering company is a trading company or a holding company,
(b)
the surrendering company is owned by a consortium,
(c)
the claimant company is not a member of the consortium,
(d)
the claimant company is a member of the same group of companies as a third company (“the link company”),
(e)
the link company is a member of the consortium, F1...
F2(f)
the surrendering company and the claimant company are both UK related, and
(g)
the link company is UK related or established in the EEA.
(2)
Consortium condition 3 is met if—
(a)
the claimant company is a trading company or a holding company,
(b)
the claimant company is owned by a consortium,
(c)
the surrendering company is not a member of the consortium,
(d)
the surrendering company is a member of the same group of companies as a third company (“the link company”),
(e)
the link company is a member of the consortium, F3...
F4(f)
the surrendering company and the claimant company are both UK related, and
(g)
the link company is UK related or established in the EEA.
(3)
But neither consortium condition 2 nor consortium condition 3 is met if a profit on a sale within subsection (4) by the link company would be a trading receipt of that company.
(4)
A sale is within this subsection if it is a sale of—
(a)
the share capital the link company owns in the company (“the consortium company”) owned by the consortium as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (2)(b), or
(b)
if the consortium company is owned by the consortium as a result of section 153(3) (consortiums involving holding companies), the share capital the link company owns in the holding company in question.
F5(5)
Subsection (6) applies where the link company—
(a)
is established in the EEA, but
(b)
is not UK related.
(6)
Neither consortium condition 2 nor consortium condition 3 is met unless the link company is a member of the same group of companies as the other company mentioned in subsection (1)(d) or (2)(d) without the involvement of a relevant company.
(7)
A “relevant company” is a company that is not established in the EEA.
(8)
For the purposes of subsection (6) a company (“A”) is a member of the same group of companies as another company (“B”) without the involvement of a relevant company if—
(a)
in a case where A is the 75% subsidiary of B, B owns at least 75% of A's ordinary share capital otherwise than through a relevant company,
(b)
in a case where B is the 75% subsidiary of A, A owns at least 75% of B's ordinary share capital otherwise than through a relevant company, and
(c)
in a case where neither company is the 75% subsidiary of the other but both are 75% subsidiaries of a third company, the third company—
(i)
is not a relevant company, and
(ii)
owns at least 75% of A's ordinary share capital, and at least 75% of B's ordinary share capital, otherwise than through a relevant company.