(1) This section describes, for the purposes of item 2, column 4 of the table in subsection 703 - 15(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 , a set of requirements that must be met for an entity (the test entity ) to be a subsidiary member of a consolidated group or a consolidatable group at a particular time (the test time ).
Note: This subsection applies in relation to a MEC group as if the reference to item 2, column 4 of the table in subsection 703 - 15(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 were a reference to subparagraph 719 - 10(1)(b)(iii) of that Act (see subsection 719 - 2(3) of this Act).
Test entity must be a trust or partnership
(2) At the test time, the test entity must be a trust or partnership.
At least one interposed entity must be a company that is a subsidiary member because of section 701C - 10
(3) At the test time, one or more of the interposed entities must be companies that are subsidiary members of the group because the set of requirements in section 701C - 10 are met.
Test entity must be a subsidiary member on assumption that head company beneficially owned all membership interests beneficially owned by subsection (3) companies
(4) At the test time, it must be the case that the test entity would be a subsidiary member of the group if the head company beneficially owned all the membership interests beneficially owned by each company described in subsection (3).