Section 69 | Eligibility conditions

(1)These are the eligibility conditions mentioned in section 68(1)(b) that a company which has subscribed for shares in a qualifying trading company must meet to be eligible for share loss relief on the disposal of the shares.

(2)Condition A is that the subscribing company (“the investor”) is an investment company on the date of the disposal of the shares (“the disposal date”).

(3)Condition B is that the investor has been an investment company—

(a)for a continuous period of 6 years ending on the disposal date, or

(b)for a shorter continuous period ending on the disposal date and has not before the beginning of that period been a trading company or an excluded company (see section 90(1)).

(4)Condition C is that the investor was not associated with, or a member of the same group as, the qualifying trading company at any time during the period—

(a)beginning with the date when the investor subscribed for the shares, and

(b)ending with the disposal date.

(5)For the purposes of condition C, two companies are associated with each other if—

(a)one controls the other, or

(b)both are under the control of the same person or persons.

(6)Sections 450 and 451 (which contain provision as to when a person is to be taken to have control of a company) apply for the purposes of subsection (5).