Election by principal company of group
5(1)In the case of companies which at the relevant time are members of a group of companies—
(a)an election under paragraph 4 above by the company which at that time is the principal company of the group shall have effect also as an election by any other company which at that time is a member of the group, and
(b)no election under that paragraph may be made by any other company which at that time is a member of the group.
(2)In this paragraph “the relevant time”, in relation to a group of companies, and in relation to each of the elections referred to in paragraph 4(8) above, is the first occasion after 19th March 1968 when any company which is then a member of a group disposes of quoted securities of a kind covered by that election, and for the purposes of paragraph 4(11) above that occasion is, in relation to the group, “the first relevant disposal”.
(3)This paragraph shall not apply in relation to quoted securities of either kind referred to in paragraph 4(8) above which are owned by a company which, in some period after 19th March 1968 and before the relevant time, was not a member of the group if in that period it had made an election under paragraph 4 above in relation to securities of that kind (or was treated by virtue of this paragraph, in relation to another group, as having done so), or had made a disposal of quoted securities of that kind and did not make an election within the time limited by paragraph 4(11) above.
(4)This paragraph shall apply notwithstanding that a company ceases to be a member of the group at any time after the relevant time.
(5)In this paragraph “company” and “group” shall be construed in accordance with section 170(2) to (9).