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697H. Relevant shipping income: distributions of overseas shipping companies.

(1) The conditions referred to in paragraph (k) of the definition of 'relevant shipping income' in section 697A are -

(a) that the overseas company operates qualifying ships;

(b) that more than 50 per cent of the voting power in the overseas company is held by a company resident in a Member State, or that 2 or more companies each of which is resident in a Member State hold in aggregate more than 50 per cent of that voting power;

(c) that the 75 per cent limit is not exceeded in relation to the overseas company in any accounting period in respect of which the distribution is paid;

(d) that all the income of the overseas company is such that, if it were a tonnage tax company, it would be relevant shipping income;

(e) that the distribution is paid entirely out of profits arising at a time when -

(i) the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (d) were met, and

(ii) the tonnage tax company was subject to tonnage tax;

and

(f) the profits of the overseas company out of which the distribution is paid

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