Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 15 para. 22A and cross-heading inserted (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 16 para. 1(3) (with Sch. 16 para. 1(4))
22A(1)If the issuing company is a single company, the full-time equivalent employee number for it must be less than 50 when the relevant shares are issued.U.K.
(2)If the issuing company is a parent company, the sum of—
(a)the full-time equivalent employee number for it, and
(b)the full-time equivalent employee numbers for each of its qualifying subsidiaries,
must be less than 50 when the relevant shares are issued.
(3)The full-time equivalent employee number for a company is calculated as follows—
Step 1
Find the number of full-time employees of the company.
Step 2
Add, for each employee of the company who is not a full-time employee, such fraction as is just and reasonable.
The result is the full-time equivalent employee number.
(4)In this paragraph references to an employee—
(a)include a director, but
(b)do not include—
(i)an employee on maternity [F2, paternity or shared parental] leave, or
(ii)a student on vocational training.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 15 para. 22A(4)(b)(i) substituted (1.12.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 49; S.I. 2014/1640, art. 5(2)(r)