Section 257HG | Meaning of “qualifying business activity”

(1)In this Part “qualifying business activity”, in relation to the issuing company, means—

(a)activity A, or

(b)activity B,

if it is carried on by the company or a qualifying 90% subsidiary of the company.This is subject to subsection (3).

(2)Activity A is—

(a)the carrying on of a new qualifying trade which, on the date the relevant shares are issued, the company or a qualifying 90% subsidiary of the company is carrying on, or

(b)the activity of preparing to carry on (or preparing to carry on and then carrying on) a new qualifying trade—

(i)which, on that date, is intended to be carried on by the company or such a subsidiary, and

(ii)which is begun to be carried on by the company or such a subsidiary.

(3)Activity B is the carrying on of research and development—

(a)which, on the date the relevant shares are issued, the company or a qualifying 90% subsidiary of the company is carrying on, or which the company or such a subsidiary begins to carry on immediately afterwards, and

(b)from which, on that date, it is intended—

(i)that a new qualifying trade which the company or such a subsidiary will carry on will be derived, or

(ii)that a new qualifying trade which the company or such a subsidiary is carrying on, or will carry on, will benefit.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3)(a), when research and development is begun to be carried on by a qualifying 90% subsidiary of the issuing company, any carrying on of the research and development by it before it became such a subsidiary is ignored.

(5)References in subsection (2)(b)(i) or (3)(b) to a qualifying 90% subsidiary of the issuing company include references to any existing or future company which will be such a subsidiary at any future time.