Application of corporate interest restriction rules (non-consolidation of certain subsidiaries)
42(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)a QAHC is a member of a worldwide group,
(b)the QAHC has a subsidiary (“S”) which it holds as a market value investment,
(c)apart from that sub-paragraph, S would be a member of the group, and
(d)the management of S and its subsidiaries is not coordinated to any extent with the management by any person of any other entity.
(2)For the purposes of Part 10 of TIOPA 2010 (corporate interest restriction), this paragraph and paragraph 43—
(a)the group does not include S or its subsidiaries, and
(b)accordingly, neither S nor any of its subsidiaries is regarded as a consolidated subsidiary of any member of the group.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 43, a QAHC holds an interest in an entity as “a market value investment” if—
(a)the QAHC holds the interest as an investment, and
(b)the QAHC judges the value that the interest has to it wholly or mainly by reference to the market value of the interest.
(4)Expressions used in this paragraph or in paragraph 43 that are defined for the purposes of Part 10 of TIOPA 2010 have the same meaning they have in that Part.
(5)In this paragraph, and in paragraph 43, “subsidiary” has the meaning given by international accounting standards (but see section 494 of TIOPA 2010 for the definition of “wholly-owned subsidiary”).