600G. Subscription for shares

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, an individual subscribes for a share in a company if the individual subscribes for and is issued the share by the company—

(a) for consideration consisting wholly of cash,

(b) for bona fide commercial reasons and not as part of an arrangement that it is reasonable to consider the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of such arrangement is to secure a tax advantage to any person, and

(c) by way of a bargain at arm’s length,

and references in this Chapter to ‘subscribes for’ shall be construed accordingly.

(2) In this Chapter, a share subscribed for, issued to, held by, or disposed of for, an individual by a nominee shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as subscribed for, issued to, held by, or disposed of by, the individual where the nominee has complied with the requirements of sections 892 and 894 in respect of the share.

(3) In this Chapter, references to an individual having subscribed for a share include the individual having subscribed for the share jointly with any other individual (and references to an individual holding a share or to a share being issued to an individual shall be construed accordingly).