Finance Act 2016

Employment and investment incentive and seed capital scheme

20. (1) The Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 502(7)(d)(i), by substituting “31st day of December” for “5th day of April”,

(b) in section 507—

(i) in subsection (1), by substituting for “the annual reports required in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014 of 17 June 2014” the following:

“(a) the annual reports required in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014 of 17 June 20144 , and

(b) publishing the following information in relation to all qualifying companies:

(i) the name of the company;

(ii) the address of the company;

(iii) the Companies Registration Office number of the company;

(iv) the amount of finance raised;

(v) the date of share issue and type of relief.”,

(ii) in subsection (2), by substituting “Notwithstanding section 851A” for “Notwithstanding any obligation as to secrecy imposed on them by the Tax Acts or the Official Secrets Act 1963 ”, and

(iii) in subsection (4), by substituting “section 851A” for “statute or otherwise”,

and

(c) in Schedule 25B, by deleting Reference Number 47A and the matter set out opposite that reference number.

(2) The amendments to section 507 of the Principal Act effected by subsection (1)(b) of this section shall apply to shares issued on or after 13 October 2015.

(3) Subsection (1)(c) applies as respects a subscription for eligible shares made on or after 1 January 2017.

4OJ No. L 187, 26.6.2014, p.1