(1) In this section -
'company' means Standard Life plc;
'deadline specified by the company' means 4.30 pm on 18 March 2015;
'relevant person' means a person whose form electing to take B shares in the company was received after the deadline specified by the company;
'return of value' means the dividend paid in respect of fully paid bonus C shares issued to shareholders in the company in accordance with the terms of a return of value and related share consolidation which was completed by the company on or about 20 March 2015.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the receipt by a relevant person of a return of value in respect of shares where an election to take B shares was made, shall be deemed, for the purposes of capital gains tax, to be the receipt of a capital sum derived from the person's ordinary shares in the company and not to be income.
(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply unless the person referred to in that subsection proves to the satisfaction of the Revenue
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