(1) The trust satisfies the requirements in this subsection in relation to the income year unless, at any time in the income year, any of the following situations exist:
(a) for a trust mentioned in subparagraph 275 - 10(3)(d)(i) (trusts with wholesale membership)--10 or fewer persons have a total * MIT participation interest in the trust of 75% or more;
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply--20 or fewer persons have a total MIT participation interest in the trust of 75% or more;
(c) a foreign resident individual has a MIT participation interest in the trust of 10% or more.
(2) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a) and (b):
(a) if an entity covered by subsection 275 - 20(4) has a * MIT participation interest in the trust--treat that entity as not having a MIT participation interest in the trust; and
(b) if an entity that is not a trust has a MIT participation interest in the trust because it holds interests in the trust indirectly, through a * chain of trusts:
(i) if the entity is covered by subsection 275 - 20(4)--do not treat it as having a MIT participation interest in the trust; and
(ii) do not treat a trust in the chain of trusts as having a MIT participation interest in the trust.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), treat an entity covered by subsection 275 - 20(4) as an entity that is not a trust.
(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), apply the rules in subsection 275 - 20(7).