SCHEDULE 17Partnerships

PART 9Interpretation

42Introduction

This Part of this schedule defines expressions used in this schedule.

43Partnership property

Any reference to partnership property is to an interest or right held by or on behalf of a partnership, or the members of a partnership, for the purposes of the partnership business.

44Partnership share

Any reference to a person’s partnership share at any time is to the proportion in which the person is entitled at that time to share in the income profits of the partnership.

45Transfer of chargeable interest

References to the transfer of a chargeable interest include—

a

the creation of a chargeable interest,

b

the renunciation or release of a chargeable interest, and

c

the variation of a chargeable interest.

46Transfer of chargeable interest to a partnership

For the purposes of this schedule, there is a transfer of a chargeable interest to a partnership in any case where a chargeable interest becomes partnership property.

47Transfer of chargeable interest from a partnership

For the purposes of this schedule, there is a transfer of a chargeable interest from a partnership in any case where—

a

a chargeable interest that was partnership property ceases to be partnership property, or

b

a chargeable interest is created out of partnership property and the interest is not partnership property.

48Transfer of interest in a partnership

For the purposes of this schedule, where a person acquires a partnership share or a person’s partnership share increases there is a transfer of an interest in the partnership (to that partner and from the other partners).

49Connected persons

In the application of section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (connected persons) for the purposes of this schedule—

a

that section has effect with the omission of subsection (7) (partners connected with each other), and

b

for the purposes of paragraph 12 or 22, that section has effect with the omission of subsection (6)(c) to (e) (trustee connected with settlement).

50Arrangements

“Arrangements” includes any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable.