1(1)In this Part of this Schedule “VCT-in-liquidation” means a company—
(a)that is being wound up (whether or not under the law of a part of the United Kingdom and whether under the law of one, or more than one, territory),
(b)that was a venture capital trust immediately before the commencement of its winding-up, and
(c)whose winding up is for bona fide commercial reasons and is 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.
(2)Regulations may, for purposes of this Part of this Schedule, make provision as to when a company’s winding up is to be treated as commencing or ending in a case where it is wound up otherwise than under the law of a part of the United Kingdom or otherwise than under the law of a single territory.