Section 456: Cases outside charge under section 453
1917.Subsection (2) reflects the opening words of section 77(1) of FA 1988 “subject to section 140A of the Taxes Act 1988”. It ensures that if a charge is taken under section 427 (conditional interests in shares) then no charge is taken under section 453. This is because if a disposal potentially gives rise to a charge under section 453 (which is more general in its application) and under section 427 then the latter charge has priority.
1918.Subsection (3) derives from section 79(7) of FA 1988 and provides a let-out if the employee has not been a director or employee of the company or an associated company in the seven years before the time that the company becomes a dependent subsidiary. As with section 452, the phrasing has been changed to produce a true exception and the reference is to “the employee” rather than “the person who acquired the shares”.