SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16Venture capital schemes etc

Part 3Excluded activities: receipt of royalties and licence fees

Venture capital trusts

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1

Section 306 of ITA 2007 (qualifying holdings) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

a

by the relevant company, or

b

by a company which was a qualifying subsidiary of the relevant company throughout a period during which it created the whole or greater part (in terms of value) of the intangible asset.

3

In subsection (6), omit the definition of “holding company”.

4

After that subsection insert—

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If—

a

the relevant company acquired all the shares (“old shares”) in another company (“the old company”) at a time when the only shares issued in the relevant company were subscriber shares, and

b

the consideration for the old shares consisted wholly of the issue of shares in the relevant company,

references in subsection (4) to the relevant company include the old company.