Part 14Change in company ownership
Chapter 6Recovery of unpaid corporation tax
General definitions
706Meaning of “linked” person
(1)
If there is a change in the ownership of a company, a person is “linked” to the company, for the purposes of this Chapter, if condition A or B is met.
(2)
Condition A is that the person had control of the company at any time in the relevant period before the change.
(3)
Condition B is that the person is a company of which a person mentioned in subsection (2) had control at any time in the period of 3 years before the change.
(4)
For the meaning of—
(a)
“control”, see section 707, and
(b)
“the relevant period”, see section 709.