Finance Act 1970

6 (1) In section 233(2)(d) of the Taxes Act (which specifies securities of a company in respect of which any interest or other distribution out of assets of the company is to be treated as a distribution for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts) for sub-paragraph (iv) (which specifies securities issued by the company and held by a company not resident in the United Kingdom, where the former is a 75 per cent, subsidiary of the latter or both are 75 per cent, subsidiaries of a third company) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:—

“(iv) securities issued by the company and held by a company not resident in the United Kingdom, where—

(aa) the company which issued the securities is a 75 per cent, subsidiary of the other company; or

(bb) both are 75 per cent, subsidiaries of a third company which is not resident in the United Kingdom ; or

(cc) except where 90 per cent, or more of the share capital of the company which issued the securities is directly owned by a company resident in the United Kingdom, both the company which issued the securities and the company not resident in the United Kingdom are 75 per cent, subsidiaries of a third company which is resident in the United Kingdom or”.

(2) This paragraph does not apply to any payment becoming due or paid in an accounting period of the company making the payment which ends before 6th April 1970.