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10(1)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a company is a qualifying subsidiary of the relevant company for the purposes of this Schedule if—
(a)the company in question (“the subsidiary”), and
(b)where the relevant company has more than one subsidiary, every other subsidiary of the relevant company,
is a company falling within [F1sub-paragraph] (3) below.
(2)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)The subsidiary falls within this sub-paragraph if—
(a)the relevant company, or another of its subsidiaries, possesses not less than 90 per cent. of the issued share capital of, and not less than 90 per cent. of the voting power in, the subsidiary;
(b)the relevant company, or another of its subsidiaries, would in the event of a winding up of the subsidiary or in any other circumstances be beneficially entitled to receive not less than 90 per cent. of the assets of the subsidiary which would then be available for distribution to the equity holders of the subsidiary;
(c)the relevant company, or another of its subsidiaries, is beneficially entitled to not less than 90 per cent. of any profits of the subsidiary which are available for distribution to the equity holders of the subsidiary;
(d)no person other than the relevant company or another of its subsidiaries has control of the subsidiary within the meaning of section 840; and
(e)no arrangements are in existence by virtue of which the relevant company could cease to fall within this sub-paragraph.
(4)The subsidiary shall not be regarded, at a time when it is being wound up, as having ceased on that account to be a company falling within [F3sub-paragraph] (3) above if it is shown—
(a)that it would fall within [F4that sub-paragraph] apart from the winding up; and
(b)that the winding up is for bona fide commercial reasons and not part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which, or one of the main purposes of which, is the avoidance of tax.
(5)The subsidiary shall not be regarded, at any time when arrangements are in existence for the disposal by the relevant company, or (as the case may be) by another subsidiary of that company, of all its interest in the subsidiary in question, as having ceased on that account to be a company falling within [F3sub-paragraph] (3) above if it is shown that the disposal is to be for bona fide commercial reasons and not part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which, or one of the main purposes of which, is the avoidance of tax.
(6)For the purposes of this paragraph the persons who are equity holders of the subsidiary and the percentage of the assets of the subsidiary to which an equity holder would be entitled shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 18, taking references in paragraph 3 to the first company as references to an equity holder, and references to a winding up as including references to any other circumstances in which assets of the subsidiary are available for distribution to its equity holders.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 28B para. 10(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 6 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 9 para. 5(1)
F2Sch. 28B para. 10(2) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 6 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 9 para. 5(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(9), Note
F3Words in Sch. 28B para. 10(4)(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 6 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 9 para. 5(3)
F4Words in Sch. 28B para. 10(4)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 6 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 9 para. 5(4)
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