428 Exclusion of double allowances, etc.

[CTA76 s124; FA97 s146(1) and Sch9 PtI par10(6)]

(1) Relief shall not be given more than once in respect of the same amount, whether by giving group relief and by giving some other relief (in any accounting period) to the surrendering company or by giving group relief more than once.

(2) In accordance with subsection (1), 2 or more claimant companies shall not, in respect of any one loss or other amount for which group relief may be given, and whatever their accounting periods corresponding to that of the surrendering company, obtain in aggregate more relief than could be obtained by a single claimant company whose corresponding accounting period coincided with the accounting period of the surrendering company.

(3) Where claims for group relief are made by more than one claimant company which relate to the same accounting period of the same surrendering company, and—

(a) all the claims so made are admissible only by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) of section 423, and

(b) there is a part of the surrendering company’s accounting period during which none of those claimant companies is a member of the same group as the surrendering company,

then, those claimant companies shall not obtain in all more relief than could be obtained by a single claimant company which was not a member of the same group as the surrendering company during that part of the surrendering company’s accounting period (but was a member during the remainder of that accounting period).

(4) Where claims for group relief are made by a claimant company as respects more than one surrendering company for group relief to be set off against its total profits for any one accounting period, and—

(a) all the claims so made are admissible only by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) of section 423, and

(b) there is a part of the claimant company’s accounting period during which none of the surrendering companies by reference to which the claims are made is a member of the same group as the claimant company,

then, the claimant company shall not obtain in all more relief to be set off against its profits for the accounting period than it could obtain on a claim as respects a single surrendering company (with unlimited losses and other amounts eligible for relief) which was not a member of the same group as the claimant company during that part of the claimant company’s accounting period (but was a member during the remainder of that accounting period).

(5) The following provisions shall apply as respects a claim (in this subsection referred to as a “consortium claim”) for group relief made by a company as a member of a consortium:

(a) a consortium claim, and a claim other than a consortium claim, shall not both have effect as respects the loss or other amount of the same accounting period of the same surrendering company unless each of the 2 claims is as respects a loss or other amount apportioned under section 423(2)(a) to a component of that accounting period, and the 2 components do not overlap;

(b) in subsections (3) and (4) consortium claims shall be disregarded;

(c) paragraph (a) shall apply according to the order in which claims are made.

(6) Without prejudice to section 320(6), any reference in Part 9, Chapter 1 of Part 24, Chapter 1 of Part 29 and section 765 to an allowance made shall include a reference to an allowance which would be made but for the granting of group relief or but for that and but for an insufficiency of profits or other income against which to make it.