Part 6

Venture capital trusts
Chapter 4

Qualifying holdings

The requirements

The financial health requirement
286B
1
The requirement of this section is that the relevant company is not, at the time of the issue of the relevant holding, in difficulty.
2
The relevant company is “in difficulty” if it is reasonable to assume that it would be regarded as a firm in difficulty for the purposes of the Community Guidelines on State Aid for Rescuing and Restructuring Firms in Difficulty (2004/C 244/02)
as those guidelines had effect in the United Kingdom immediately before IP completion day
.
Ss. 286A, 286B inserted (6.4.2011) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 paras. 7(3), 8 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), Sch. 2 para. 2(8); S.I. 2011/662, art. 2
Words in s. 286B(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Taxes (State Aid) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1499), regs. 1, 4(10)