Section 68 | Business expansion scheme: ICTA amendments

(1)Chapter III of Part VII of the Taxes Act 1988 as it has effect in relation to shares issued before 1st January 1994 (the business expansion scheme) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In section 289 (the relief) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (12) (which defines “the relevant period” for the purposes of the Chapter)—

(12A)In arriving at the relevant period for the purposes of sections 294 to 296 any time falling on or after 29th November 1994 shall be ignored; and subsection (12) above shall have effect subject to the preceding provisions of this subsection.

(3)In section 305 (reorganisation of share capital) the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (4)—

(5)Subsection (2) above shall not apply where the reorganisation occurs on or after 29th November 1994.

(6)Subsection (2) above shall not apply by virtue of subsection (3) above where the rights are disposed of on or after 29th November 1994.