Section 256 | Meaning of “the termination date”

(1)In this Part “the termination date”, in relation to any shares issued by a company, means—

(a)the third anniversary of the issue date, or

(b)if—

(i)the money raised by the issue was raised wholly or mainly for the purpose of a qualifying business activity within section 179(2) (the issuing company or a qualifying 90% subsidiary of that company carrying on or preparing to carry on a qualifying trade), and

(ii)neither the issuing company nor any of its qualifying 90% subsidiaries had begun to carry on the trade in question on the issue date,

the third anniversary of the date on which the issuing company or any qualifying 90% subsidiary of that company begins to carry on that trade.

(2)In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) when a qualifying trade is begun to be carried on by a qualifying 90% subsidiary of a company, any carrying on of the trade by it before it became such a subsidiary is to be ignored.