Chapter 10

Clawback events

508M. Disposals of shares

(1) Where an individual disposes of any eligible shares before the end of the compliance period, then—

(a) where the disposal is otherwise than by means of a bargain made at arm’s length, the individual shall not be entitled to any relief in respect of those shares, and

(b) in any other case, the amount of relief to which the individual is entitled in respect of those shares shall be reduced by the amount or value of the consideration which the individual receives for those shares.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply—

(a) to a disposal made by a married person to his or her spouse at a time when he or she is treated as living with his or her spouse for income tax purposes in accordance with section 1015, or

(b) to a disposal by a civil partner to the other civil partner at a time when he or she is treated as living with his or her civil partner for income tax purposes in accordance with section 1031A,

but where shares issued to one of them have been transferred to the other by a transaction inter vivos—

(i) that subsection shall apply on the disposal of the shares by the transferee to a third person, and

(ii) if at any time the married person ceases to be treated as living with his or her spouse for income tax purposes in accordance with section 1015, or the civil partner ceases to be treated as living with his or her civil partner for income tax purposes in accordance with section 1031A, and any of those shares have not been disposed of by the transferee before that time, any assessment for withdrawing relief in respect of those shares shall be made on the transferee.

(3) Where an individual holds shares of any class in a company and relief has been given in respect of some shares of that class but not others, then any disposal by the individual of shares of that class in the company, not being a disposal to which section 512(2) applies, shall be treated for the purposes of this section and section 508N as relating to those in respect of which relief has been given under this Part rather than to others.

(4) Where relief has been given to an individual in respect of shares of any class in a company which have been issued to the individual at different times, then any disposal by the individual of shares of that class shall be treated for the purposes of this section and section 508N as relating to those issued earlier rather than to those issued later.

(5) Where shares in respect of which relief was given have by virtue of any such allotment mentioned in subsection (1) of section 584 (not being an allotment for payment) been treated under subsection (3) of that section as the same asset as a new holding, then—

(a) the new holding shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (4) as shares in respect of which the relief has been given, and

(b) a disposal of the whole or part of the new holding shall be treated for the purposes of this section and section 508N as a disposal of the whole or a corresponding part of those shares.

(6) Shares in a company shall not be treated for the purposes of this section and section 508N as being of the same class unless they would be so treated if dealt in on a stock exchange in the State.