# Broadcasting Act 1996, Paragraph 5


Schedule 2 to the Gains Act (assets held on 6th April 1965) shall have effect in relation to any assets which are transferred to a successor company in accordance with a preparatory scheme as if—
(a) the BBC and the successor company were the same person; and
(b) those assets, to the extent that they were in fact acquired or provided by the BBC, were acquired or, as the case may be, provided by the successor company.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/55/schedule/7/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-5
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