SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13Plastic packaging tax: groups of companies

Bodies eligible for group treatment

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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.