SCHEDULE 1U.K.CROSS-BORDER TRANSFERS OF BUSINESS

PART 3 U.K.AMENDMENTS OF FA 1996

17.  In paragraph 12A (transferee leaving group) M1U.K.

(a)after sub-paragraph (5) insert—

(5A) Where an asset or liability which represents a loan relationship is transferred as part of the process of a transfer to which paragraph 12B M2 or 12D applies, and in consequence of the transfer the transferee company ceases to be a member of a group (“Group 1”)—

(a)the transferee shall not be treated for the purposes of this paragraph as having left Group 1, and

(b)if in consequence of the transfer the transferee becomes a member of another group (“Group 2”) it shall be treated, for the purposes of this paragraph, as if Group 1 and Group 2 were the same., and

(b)in sub-paragraph (8), in the definition of “exempt distribution” after “section 213(2)” insert “ or 213A M3.

Marginal Citations

M1Paragraph 12A of Schedule 9 was inserted by paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 7 to the Finance (No. 2) Act 2005.

M2Paragraph 12B was inserted by section 54 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2005.

M3Section 213A is inserted by paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.