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Finance (No. 2) Act 1997

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Part IQualifying distributions other than bonus issues

1This Part of this Schedule applies where a person (“the claimant”)—

(a)would, apart from paragraph 2 below, be entitled to a payment under section 35(1) of this Act in respect of a distribution, and

(b)his holding (together with any associated holding) of any one class of the shares, securities or rights by virtue of which he is entitled to the distribution amounts to not less than 10 per cent of that class.

2Where this Part of this Schedule applies, if any part of the distribution is not a part—

(a)to which profits arising after the date of acquisition are attributable in accordance with section 236 of the Taxes Act 1988, or

(b)in relation to which the date of acquisition is earlier than 6th April 1965,

then no payment under section 35(1) of this Act shall be made to the claimant in respect of the distribution.

3This Part of this Schedule applies to any qualifying distribution except any amount which is treated as such in accordance with section 209(3) or sections 210 and 211 of the Taxes Act 1988.

4Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 235 and 236 of the Taxes Act 1988 by this Act, section 236 of the Taxes Act 1988 as it applies in relation to distributions made before 6th April 1999 shall continue to apply for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule as it applies for the purposes of section 235 of the Taxes Act 1988 in relation to such distributions.

5For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule and section 236 of the Taxes Act 1988 as it applies by virtue of paragraph 4 above, the date of acquisition, in relation to any part of a distribution or profits attributable to it, is the date on which the shares, securities or rights by virtue of which a person is entitled to that part were acquired by him.

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