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2(1)Group relief is not available if at the effective date of the transaction there are arrangements in existence by virtue of which, at that or some later time, a person has or could obtain, or any persons together have or could obtain, control of the purchaser but not of the vendor.
This does not apply to arrangements entered into with a view to an acquisition of shares by a company (“the acquiring company”)—
(a)in relation to which section 75 of the Finance Act 1986 (c. 41) (stamp duty: acquisition relief) will apply,
(b)in relation to which the conditions for relief under that section will be met, and
(c)as a result of which the purchaser will be a member of the same group as the acquiring company.
(2)Group relief is not available if the transaction is effected in pursuance of, or in connection with, arrangements under which—
(a)the consideration, or any part of the consideration, for the transaction is to be provided or received (directly or indirectly) by a person other than a group company, or
(b)the vendor and the purchaser are to cease to be members of the same group by reason of the purchaser ceasing to be a 75% subsidiary of the vendor or a third company.
(3)Arrangements are within sub-paragraph (2)(a) if under them the vendor or the purchaser, or another group company, is to be enabled to provide any of the consideration, or is to part with any of it, by or in consequence of the carrying out of a transaction or transactions involving, or any of them involving, a payment or other disposition by a person other than a group company.
(4)In sub-paragraphs (2)(a) and (3) a “group company” means a company that at the effective date of the transaction is a member of the same group as the vendor or the purchaser.
(5)In this paragraph—
“arrangements” includes any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable; and
“control” has the meaning given by section 840 of the Taxes Act 1988.
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