{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/venture-capital-trust-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/venture-capital-trust-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1929",
  "legislation_title": "The Venture Capital Trust (Amendment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/venture-capital-trust-amendment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Venture Capital Trust Regulations 1995",
  "text": "(1) The Venture Capital Trust Regulations 1995 are amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “investor” substitute—\n““investor” means a person—\n(a) who holds or has held shares in a company which is or has been a trust company, or\n(b) for whom a nominee holds or has held shares in a company which is or has been a trust company;”.\n(3) In regulation 9 (certificate to be given to investor)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) for “individual” substitute “investor (who is an individual)”, and\n(ii) after “whom” insert “(or to whose nominee)”,\n(b) in paragraph (2)(c) after “him” insert “(or to his nominee)”, and\n(c) in paragraph (3)(a) after “investor” insert “(or to his nominee)”.\n(4) For paragraph (1) of regulation 24 (information to be provided to the Board) substitute—\n“(1) The Board may by notice require—\n(a) any company which is or has been a trust company,\n(b) any investor, or\n(c) any nominee for an investor,\nwithin such period as may be specified in the notice, to furnish them with such information as they may reasonably require for the purposes of Part 6 or these Regulations.”.\n(5) For paragraph (1) of regulation 25 (inspection of records by officer of the Board) substitute—\n“(1) The Board may by notice require—\n(a) any company which is or has been a trust company,\n(b) any investor, or\n(c) any nominee for an investor,\nwithin such period as may be specified in the notice, to make available for inspection by an officer of the Board authorised for that purpose such accounts, records and other information as are in that person’s possession or under that person’s control as the Board may reasonably require for the purposes of Part 6 or these Regulations.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/1979; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/819 and 2008/1893."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1929/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:08:56.027632+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}