Legislation – Finance Act 2022
SCHEDULE 2Qualifying asset holding companies
PART 1Introduction and conditions for being a QAHC
Category A investors
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(1)
The following are category A investors—
(a)
a QAHC;
(b)
a qualifying fund (see paragraph 9);
(c)
a relevant qualifying investor (see paragraph 10);
(d)
an intermediate company (see paragraph 11);
(e)
a public authority falling within sub-paragraph (2).
(2)
Those public authorities are—
(a)
any Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975);
(b)
any United Kingdom government department;
(c)
the Scottish Ministers;
(d)
any Northern Ireland department;
(e)
the Welsh Ministers;
(f)
any local authority or local authority association in the United Kingdom;
(g)
the Education Authority of Northern Ireland;
(h)
the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;
(i)
any health service body (within the meaning given by section 985 of CTA 2010);
(j)
any public authority who exercises public functions in connection with the coordination or provision of public transport for a region of the United Kingdom (for example, Transport for London or an executive for an integrated transport area, a combined authority area or a passenger transport area).
(3)
The Treasury may by regulations provide that any other public authority specified, or falling within a description specified, in the regulations is also a category A investor.