Finance Act, 1986

Limits on relief.

19.—(1) The relief shall not be given in respect of any amounts subscribed by an individual for eligible shares issued to him by any qualifying research and development company in any year of assessment unless the amount or total amount subscribed by him for the eligible shares issued to him by the company in that year is £200 or more:

Provided that in the case of an individual who is a husband assessed to tax for a year of assessment in accordance with the provisions of section 194 (inserted by the Finance Act, 1980 ) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , any amount subscribed by his spouse for eligible shares issued to her in that year of assessment by the company shall, for the purposes of determining whether this subsection applies, be deemed to have been subscribed by him for eligible shares issued to him by the company.

(2) The relief shall not be given to the extent to which the amount or total amount subscribed by an individual for eligible shares issued to him in any year of assessment (whether or not by the same company) exceeds £25,000.

(3) Section 198 (1) (inserted by the Finance Act, 1980 ) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (a) of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (ix) (inserted by section 14 ):

“(x) so far as it flows from relief under Chapter III of Part I of the Finance Act, 1986, in the proportions in which they subscribed for the eligible shares giving rise to the relief,”.