Finance (No.2) Act 1987

54 Retirement annuities.

(1) Nothing in Chapter III of Part IX of the Taxes Act shall apply in relation to—

(a) a contract made or trust scheme established on or after 4th January 1988, or

(b) a person by whom contributions are first paid on or after that date under a trust scheme established before that date.

(2) For the year 1987–88 and subsequent years of assessment the Taxes Act shall have effect with the substitution of the following section for section 228—

“228 Amount of relief for persons over fifty.

In the case of an individual whose age at the beginning of a year of assessment is within a range specified in the first column of the following table, section 227(1A) above shall have effect for that year with the substitution for 175 per cent. of the relevant percentage specified in the second column.

51 to 55	20 per cent.
56 to 60	225 per cent.
61 or more	275 per cent.”.

(3) Subject to subsection (5) below, the terms of a contract made, or the rules of a trust scheme established, on or after 17th March 1987 and before 4th January 1988 and approved by the Board under section 226 of the Taxes Act shall have effect (notwithstanding anything in them to the contrary) as if they did not allow the payment to the individual by whom the contract is made, or an individual paying contributions under the scheme, of a lump sum exceeding £150,000 or such other sum as may for the time being be specified in an order under section 23(4) above.

(4) Subject to subsection (6) below, the rules of a trust scheme established before 17th March 1987 and approved by the Board under section 226 of the Taxes Act shall have effect (notwithstanding anything in them to the contrary) as if they did not allow the payment to any person first paying contributions under the scheme on or after 17th March 1987 of a lump sum such as is mentioned in subsection (3) above.

(5) Subsection (3) above shall not apply—

(a) to a contract if, before the end of January 1988, the persons by and to whom premiums are payable under it jointly give written notice to the Board that subsection (3) is not to apply, or

(b) to a scheme if, before the end of January 1988, the trustees or other persons having the management of the scheme give written notice to the Board that subsection (3) is not to apply;

and where notice is given to the Board under this subsection, the contract or scheme shall, with effect from the date with effect from which it was approved, cease to be approved.

(6) Subsection (4) above shall not apply in the case of any person paying contributions under a scheme if, before the end of January 1988, he and the trustees or other persons having the management of the scheme jointly give written notice to the Board that subsection (4) is not to apply; and where notice is given to the Board under this subsection, the scheme shall cease to be approved in relation to the contributor with effect from the date on which he first paid a contribution under it or (if later) the date with effect from which it was approved.