SCHEDULES

[F1SCHEDULE 29AU.K.Taxable property held by investment-regulated pension schemes

Part 4U.K.Amount and timing of unauthorised payment

Apportionment to pension schemeU.K.

43(1)For the purposes of this Schedule, and except in a case to which sub-paragraph (3) applies, the extent of a person's interest in a company is determined by reference to whichever of the following gives the person the greatest interest in the company—U.K.

(a)the percentage of the share capital or issued share capital of the company owned by the person;

(b)the percentage of the voting rights in the company owned by the person;

(c)the percentage of all the income of the company to which the person has a right;

(d)the percentage of the amounts distributed on a distribution in relation to the company to which the person has a right;

(e)the percentage of the assets of the company to which the person has a right on a winding-up or in any other circumstances;

(f)where the person has a right to a percentage of a particular asset or description of assets of the company, or of the income or gains from such an asset or description (either generally or in particular circumstances), that percentage or the highest of all the percentages found under this paragraph.

(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a person is treated as owning or having a right to anything which the person will only acquire—

(a)at some future date,

(b)if the person exercises a right to acquire it, or

(c)if some other uncertain future event occurs or does not occur.

(3)Where—

(a)a person has an interest in a company as a result of lending the company money to fund the acquisition of an interest in taxable property, and

(b)this sub-paragraph gives the person a greater interest in the company than any interest given by sub-paragraph (1),

for the purposes of this Schedule the extent of the person's interest in the company is determined by the proportion that the value of the loan bears to the total value of the assets held directly by the company.

(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)—

(a)assets must be valued in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice,

(b)no account is to be taken of liabilities secured against or otherwise relating to assets (whether generally or specifically), and

(c)where generally accepted accounting practice offers a choice of valuation between cost basis and fair value, fair value must be used.]