Section 264 | No entitlement to relief if there is a linked loan

(1)An individual is not entitled to VCT relief by reference to any shares (“the relevant shares”) if a linked loan is made by any person, at any time in the relevant period, to the individual or an associate of the individual.

(2)References in this section to the making by any person of a loan to an individual or any associate of the individual include references—

(a)to the giving by that person of any credit to the individual or any associate of the individual, and

(b)to the assignment to that person of any debt due from the individual or any associate of the individual.

(3)In this section—

“linked loan” means a loan which—if the individual had not subscribed for the relevant shares or had not been proposing to do so,

(a)would not have been made, or

(b)would not have been made on the same terms,

“the relevant period”, in relation to VCT relief in respect of any shares in a company which is a VCT, means the period—

(a)beginning with—

(i)the incorporation of the company, or

(ii)if later, the date two years before the issue of the shares, and

(b)ending immediately before the fifth anniversary of that issue.