35(1)M1An individual shall not be eligible to have shares appropriated to him under the scheme at any time unless he is at that time or was within the preceding 18 months a director or employee of the grantor or, in the case of a group scheme, of a participating company.U.K.
(2)M2An individual shall not be eligible to have shares appropriated to him under the scheme at any time if in that year of assessment shares have been appropriated to him under another approved scheme established by the grantor or by—
(a)a company which controls or is controlled by the grantor or which is controlled by a company which also controls the grantor, or
(b)a company which is a member of a consortium owning the grantor or which is owned in part by the grantor as a member of a consortium.