Finance Act 2021

Bodies eligible for group treatment

2 For the purposes of paragraph 1—

(a) two or more bodies are under the same control if—

(i) one of them controls each of the others,

(ii) one person (whether a body corporate or an individual) controls all of them, or

(iii) two or more individuals carrying on a business in partnership control all of them;

(b) a body corporate controls another body corporate only if—

(i) it is empowered by statute to control that body’s activities, or

(ii) it is that body’s holding company within the meaning of section 1159 of and Schedule 6 to the Companies Act 2006;

(c) an individual controls, or individuals control, a body corporate only if they would be that body’s holding company within the meaning of those provisions, if they were a company.