(1) Any question whether a person is connected with a company shall, notwithstanding section 10, be determined for the purposes of sections 176 to 183 in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) a person shall, subject to subsection (2), be connected with a company if the person directly or indirectly possesses or is entitled to acquire more than 30 per cent of -

(i) the issued ordinary share capital of the company,

(ii) the loan capital and issued share capital of the company, or

(iii) the voting power in the company;

(b) a person shall be connected with a company if the person directly or indirectly possesses or is entitled to acquire such rights as would, in the event of the winding up of the company or in any other circumstances, entitle the person to receive more than 30 per cent of the assets of the company which would then be available for distribution to equity holders of the company, and for the purposes of this paragraph -

(i) the persons who are equity holders of the company, and

(ii) the percentage of the assets of the company to which a person would be entitled,