Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

PART I U.K. QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

[F1 RULES FOR QUALIFYING POLICIES U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 15 paras. B1-B3, cross-headings and preceding heading inserted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 9 para. 3

Rights to be beneficially owned by individuals only U.K.

B1 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to a policy issued in respect of an insurance made on or after 6 April 2013. U.K.

(2) In order for the policy to be a qualifying policy, when it is issued all the rights under it must be beneficially owned by (and only by)—

(a) one individual, or

(b) two or more individuals taken together.

(This is the case notwithstanding any other provision of this Schedule.)

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply if the policy is protected.

(4) A policy is “protected” if it is a new policy (as defined in paragraph 17 below) in relation to—

(a) a policy issued in respect of an insurance made before 21 March 2012, or

(b) a policy which is protected (whether by virtue of paragraph (a) or this paragraph).

Assignments U.K.

B2 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if any rights under a qualifying policy are, or any share in any rights under a qualifying policy is, assigned on or after 6 April 2013. U.K.

(2) The policy is not to be a qualifying policy after the assignment (notwithstanding any other provision of this Schedule).

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply if—

(a) the assignment is from an individual by way of security for a debt of the individual,

(b) the assignment is to an individual on the discharge of a debt of the individual secured by the rights or share,

(c) the assignment is from an individual to the individual's spouse or civil partner,

(d) the assignment is to an individual in pursuance of an order made by a court,

(e) the assignment is to an individual in pursuance of a legally enforceable obligation relating to a divorce or the dissolution of a civil partnership,

(f) the assignment is from an individual and, as a result of the assignment, the rights assigned are, or the share assigned is, held on trusts created by the individual,

(g) the assignment is to an individual and, as a result of the assignment, the rights assigned are, or the share assigned is, no longer held on trusts, or

(h) the assignment—

(i) is to the personal representatives of a deceased individual, or

(ii) is to an individual where, as a result of the assignment, a deceased beneficiary event (see paragraph A6(2) above) occurs.

(4) Section 465(6) of ITTOIA 2005 applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(f).

(5) The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may by regulations provide that sub-paragraph (2) does not apply if prescribed conditions are met in relation to the assignment.

“Prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations.

(6) Regulations under sub-paragraph (5) may—

(a) make different provision for different cases or circumstances, and

(b) contain incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(7) See paragraphs A1 and A2 above which may apply in consequence of an assignment falling within sub-paragraph (3) or (5).

Required statements U.K.

B3 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if any of the following events occurs— U.K.

(a) the issue of a policy in respect of an insurance made on or after 6 April 2013;

(b) the variation of a policy on or after 6 April 2013 where paragraph 18 below applies in relation to the variation and as a result of the variation—

(i) the period over which premiums are payable under the policy is or could be lengthened, or

(ii) the total amount of the premiums payable under the policy in any relevant period is or could be increased,

or both;

(c) a premium limit event in relation to a protected policy on or after 6 April 2013 (see paragraph A2(9) to (12) above);

(d) an event on or after 6 April 2013 which would be a premium limit event in relation to a protected policy but for paragraph A2(12) above;

(e) the assignment on or after 6 April 2013 of any rights, or any share in any rights, under a policy where the assignment falls within paragraph B2(3)(c) to (g) or (5) above;

(f) a deceased beneficiary event (see paragraph A6(2) above) on or after 6 April 2013;

(g) the conditions in paragraph 24(3) below being fulfilled for the first time in respect of a new non-resident policy where—

(i) the conditions are fulfilled for the first time on or after 6 April 2013, and

(ii) but for the conditions being fulfilled, the policy could not be a qualifying policy because of paragraph 24(2).

(2) Each individual who is a beneficiary under the policy must, before the end of the statement period, make to the issuer of the policy a statement dealing with the prescribed matters.

(3) If an individual does not comply with sub-paragraph (2) the policy is not to be a qualifying policy after the event (notwithstanding any other provision of this Schedule).

(4) In sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) “relevant period” means any period of 12 months beginning at or after the time of the variation.

(5) Sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) does not apply in the case of an event mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), (e), (f) or (g) if the policy is a pure protection policy, and

(b) does not apply in the case of an event mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (d) if the policy is a pure protection policy both before and after the event.

“Pure protection policy” has the meaning given by paragraph A6(1)(c) above.

(6) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in the case of an event mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(e) where the assignment falls within paragraph B2(3)(e) above and is a mortgage endowment assignment.

“Mortgage endowment assignment” is to be read in accordance with paragraph A6(3) above.

(7) The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may by regulations provide that an individual is not required to comply with sub-paragraph (2) if prescribed conditions are met.

“Prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations.

(8) Accordingly, if by virtue of regulations under sub-paragraph (7) an individual is not required to comply with sub-paragraph (2), sub-paragraph (3) does not apply because that individual does not comply with sub-paragraph (2).

(9) In sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) the reference to an individual who is a beneficiary under the policy is to be read in accordance with paragraph A5 above,

(b) “the statement period” means—

(i) the period of 3 months after the day on which the event occurs, or

(ii) if the event occurs before the day on which the first regulations under paragraph (c) below come into force, the period of 3 months after that day,

or such longer period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may allow, and

(c) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

(10) An officer of Revenue and Customs may allow a longer period for the purposes of sub-paragraph (9)(b) only if—

(a) the individual in question has made a request in writing to an officer of Revenue and Customs for a longer period to be allowed, and

(b) such an officer is satisfied—

(i) that there is a reasonable excuse for the required statement not having been made within the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (9)(b)(i) or (ii), and

(ii) that the request under paragraph (a) was made without unreasonable delay after the reasonable excuse ceased.

(11) Sub-paragraph (12) applies in relation to a policy if the obligations under the policy of its issuer are at any time the obligations of another person (“the transferee”) to whom there has been a transfer of the whole or any part of a business previously carried on by the issuer.

(12) In relation to that time, in sub-paragraph (2) the reference to the issuer of the policy is to be read as a reference to the transferee.

(13) Regulations under sub-paragraph (7) or (9)(c) may—

(a) make different provision for different cases or circumstances, and

(b) contain incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.]

General rules applicable to whole life and term assurances U.K.

1 (1) M1 Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule, if a policy secures a capital sum which is payable only on death, or one payable either on death or on earlier disability, it is a qualifying policy if— U.K.

(a) it satisfies the conditions appropriate to it under sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) below, and

(b) except to the extent permitted by sub-paragraph (7) below, it does not secure any other benefits.

(2) If the capital sum referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is payable whenever the event in question happens, or if it happens at any time during the life of a specified person—

(a) the premiums under the policy must be payable at yearly or shorter intervals, and either—

(i) until the happening of the event or, as the case may require, until the happening of the event or the earlier death of the specified person, or

(ii) until the time referred to in sub-paragraph (i) above or the earlier expiry of a specified period ending not earlier than ten years after the making of the insurance; and

(b) the total premiums payable in any period of 12 months must not exceed—

(i) twice the amount of the total premiums payable in any other such period, or

(ii) one-eighth of the total premiums which would be payable if the policy were to continue in force for a period of ten years from the making of the insurance, or, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) above, until the end of the period referred to in that sub-paragraph.

(3) If the capital sum referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is payable only if the event in question happens before the expiry of a specified term ending more than ten years after the making of the insurance, or only if it happens both before the expiry of such a term and during the life of a specified person—

(a) the premiums under the policy must be payable at yearly or shorter intervals, and either—

(i) until the happening of the event or the earlier expiry of that term or, as the case may require, until the happening of the event or, if earlier, the expiry of the term or the death of the specified person, or

(ii) as in sub-paragraph (i) above, but with the substitution for references to the term of references to a specified shorter period being one ending not earlier than ten years after the making of the insurance or, if sooner, the expiry of three-quarters of that term; and

(b) the total premiums payable in any period of 12 months must not exceed—

(i) twice the amount of the total premiums payable in any other such period, or

(ii) one-eighth of the total premiums which would be payable if the policy were to continue in force for the term referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) above, or, as the case may require, for the shorter period referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph.

(4) If the capital sum referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is payable only if the event in question happens before the expiry of a specified term ending not more than ten years after the making of the insurance, or only if it happens both before the expiry of such a term and during the life of a specified person, the policy must provide that any payment made by reason of its surrender during the period is not to exceed the total premiums previously paid under the policy.

(5) Except where—

(a) the capital sum referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is payable only in the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) or (4) above; and

(b) the policy does not provide for any payment on the surrender in whole or in part of the rights conferred by it; and

(c) the specified term mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) or, as the case may be, (4) above ends at or before the time when the person whose life is insured attains the age of 75 years;

the capital sum, so far as payable on death, must not be less than 75 per cent. of the total premiums that would be payable if the death occurred at the age of 75 years, the age being, if the sum is payable on the death of the first to die of two persons, that of the older of them, if on the death of the survivor of them, that of the younger of them, and in any other case, that of the person on whose death it is payable; and if the policy does not secure a capital sum in the event of death occurring before the age of 16 or some lower age, it must not provide for the payment in that event of an amount exceeding the total premiums previously paid under it.

(6) M2 In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5) above whether a capital sum is less than 75 per cent. of the total premiums, any amount included in the premiums by reason of their being payable otherwise than annually shall be disregarded, [F2 and if the policy provides for payment otherwise than annually without providing for the amount of the premiums if they are paid annually,] 10 per cent. of the premiums payable under the policy shall be treated as so included.

(7) M3 Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, if a policy secures a capital sum payable only on death, it may also secure benefits (including benefits of a capital nature) to be provided in the event of a person’s disability; and no policy is to be regarded for the purposes of that provision as securing other benefits by reason only of the fact that—

(a) it confers a right to participate in profits, or

(b) it provides for a payment on the surrender in whole or in part of the rights conferred by the policy, or

(c) it gives an option to receive payments by way of annuity, or

(d) it makes provision for the waiver of premiums by reason of a person’s disability, or for the effecting of a further insurance or insurances without the production of evidence of insurability.

(8) In applying sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above to any policy—

(a) no account shall be taken of any provision for the waiver of premiums by reason of a person’s disability, and

(b) if the term of the policy runs from a date earlier, but not more than three months earlier, than the making of the insurance, the insurance shall be treated as having been made on that date, and any premium paid in respect of the period before the making of the insurance, or in respect of that period and a subsequent period, as having been payable on that date.

(9) References in this paragraph to a capital sum payable on any event include references to any capital sum, or series of capital sums, payable by reason of that event but where what is so payable is either an amount consisting of one sum or an amount made up of two or more sums, the 75 per cent. mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) above shall be compared with the smaller or smallest amount so payable; and a policy secures a capital sum payable either on death or on disability notwithstanding that the amount payable may vary with the event.

(10) M4 In relation to any policy issued in respect of an insurance made before 1st April 1976 this paragraph shall have effect—

(a) with the omission of sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) and in sub-paragraph (9) the words “but where what is so payable is either an amount consisting of one sum or an amount made up of two or more sums, the 75 per cent. mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) above shall be compared with the smaller or smallest amount so payable”; and

(b) with the substitution, for sub-paragraph (7)(b), of—

“(b) it carries a guaranteed surrender value;”.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 15 para. 1(6) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 167(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 167(7)(a); S.I. 2001/3643, art. 2(a)

Marginal Citations

M1 Source—1970 Sch.1 1(1)-(4A); 1975 Sch.2 4(2), (3)

M2 Source—1975 Sch.2 4(4)

M3 Source—1970 Sch.1 1(5)-(7); 1975 Sch.2 4(5), (6)

M4 Source—1975 Sch.2 4(1)

General rules applicable to endowment assurances U.K.

2 (1) M5 Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule, a policy which secures a capital sum payable either on survival for a specified term or on earlier death, or earlier death or disability, including a policy securing the sum on death only if occurring after the attainment of a specified age not exceeding 16, is a qualifying policy if it satisfies the following conditions— U.K.

(a) the term must be one ending not earlier than ten years after the making of the insurance;

(b) premiums must be payable under the policy at yearly or shorter intervals, and—

(i) until the happening of the event in question; or

(ii) until the happening of that event, or the earlier expiry of a specified period shorter than the term but also ending not earlier than ten years after the making of the insurance; or

(iii) if the policy is to lapse on the death of a specified person, until one of those times or the policy’s earlier lapse;

(c) the total premiums payable under the policy in any period of 12 months must not exceed—

(i) twice the amount of the total premiums payable in any other such period, or

(ii) one-eighth of the total premiums which would be payable if the policy were to run for the specified term;

(d) the policy—

(i) must guarantee that the capital sum payable on death, or on death occurring after the attainment of a specified age not exceeding 16, will, whenever that event may happen, be equal to 75 per cent. at least of the total premiums which would be payable if the policy were to run for that term, disregarding any amounts included in those premiums by reason of their being payable otherwise than annually, except that if, at the beginning of that term, the age of the person concerned exceeds 55 years, the capital sum so guaranteed may, for each year of the excess, be less by 2 per cent. of that total than 75 per cent. thereof, the person concerned being, if the capital sum is payable on the death of the first to die of two persons, the older of them, if on the death of the survivor of them, the younger of them and in any other case the person on whose death it is payable; and

(ii) if it is a policy which does not secure a capital sum in the event of death before the attainment of a specified age not exceeding 16, must not provide for the payment in that event of an amount exceeding the total premiums previously paid thereunder; and

(e) the policy must not secure the provision (except by surrender in whole or in part of the rights conferred by the policy) at any time before the happening of the event in question of any benefit of a capital nature other than a payment falling within paragraph (d)(ii) above, or benefits attributable to a right to participate in profits or arising by reason of a person’s disability.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d)(i) above, 10 per cent. of the premiums payable under any policy [F3 that provides for the payment of premiums otherwise than annually without providing for the amount of the premiums if they are paid annually,] shall be treated as attributable to the fact that they are not paid annually.

(3) Sub-paragraphs (8) and (9) of paragraph 1 above shall, with any necessary modifications, have effect for the purposes of this paragraph as they have effect for the purposes of that paragraph.

(4) M6 In relation to any policy issued in respect of an insurance made before 1st April 1976 this paragraph shall have effect with the omission in sub-paragraph (1)(d)(i) of the words from “except that if” to the end, and in sub-paragraph (1)(e) of the words “in whole or in part of the rights conferred by the policy”.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 15 para. 2(2) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 167(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 167(7)(b); S.I. 2001/3643, art. 2(a)

Marginal Citations

M5 Source—1970 Sch.1 2; 1975 Sch.2 4(7), (8)

M6 Source—1975 Sch.2 4(1)

Special types of policy U.K.

(i)Friendly Society policies U.K.

3 (1) M7 Paragraphs 1 and 2 above do not apply to a policy issued by a [F4 friendly society] in the course of [F5 exempt BLAGAB or eligible PHI business] in respect of an insurance made or varied on or after 19th March 1985, but such a policy shall not be a qualifying policy unless— U.K.

(a) in the case of a policy for the assurance of a gross sum or annuity, the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are fulfilled with respect to it; and

(b) in the case of a policy for the assurance of a gross sum, the conditions in sub-paragraphs (5) to (11) below are fulfilled with respect to it; F6 . . .

F6 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are as follows—

(a) subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the period (the “term” of the policy) between—

(i) the making of the insurance or, where the contract provides for the term to begin on a date not more than three months earlier than the making of the insurance, that date, and

(ii) the time when the gross sum assured is payable (or, as the case may be, when the first instalment of the annuity is payable),

shall be not less than ten years, and must not, on any contingency other than the death, or retirement on grounds of ill health, of the person liable to pay the premiums or whose life is insured, become less than ten years;

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, the premiums payable under the policy shall be premiums of equal or rateable amounts payable at yearly or shorter intervals over the whole term of the policy of assurance, or over the whole term of the policy of assurance apart from any period after the person liable to pay the premiums or whose life is insured attains a specified age, being an age which he will attain at a time not less than ten years after the beginning of the term of the policy of assurance;

F7 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (2)(a) above, the policy—

(a) may provide for a payment to a person of an age not exceeding 18 years at any time not less than five years from the beginning of the term of the policy if the premium or premiums payable in any period of 12 months in the term of the policy do not exceed £13;

(b) may provide for a payment at any time not less than five years from the beginning of the term of the policy, if it is one of a series of payments falling due at intervals of not less than five years, and the amount of any payment, other than the final payment, does not exceed four-fifths of the premiums paid in the interval before its payment.

For the purposes of paragraph (a) above, if the term begins on a date earlier than the making of the insurance, any premium paid in respect of a period before the making of the insurance, or in respect of that period and a subsequent period, shall be treated as having been payable on that date.

(4) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (2)(b) above, the policy—

(a) may allow a payment at any time after the expiration of one-half of the term of the policy of assurance, or of ten years from the beginning of the term, whichever is the earlier, being a payment in commutation of the liability to pay premiums falling due after that time;

(b) may allow the person liable to pay the premiums to commute any liability for premiums where he ceases to reside in the United Kingdom or gives satisfactory proof of intention to emigrate;

(c) may allow any liability for premiums to be discharged in consideration of surrendering a sum which has become payable on the maturity of any other policy of assurance issued by the same friendly society [F8 (or any predecessor of it)] to the person liable to pay the premiums, or to his parent, where that other policy of assurance is issued as part of the friendly society’s [F5 exempt BLAGAB or eligible PHI business]; and

(d) may make provision for the waiver of premiums by reason of a person’s disability.

[F9 (4A) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2) and (4) above—

(a) a friendly society formed on the amalgamation of two or more friendly societies is the successor of each of those societies (and each of those societies was a predecessor of the society so formed), and

(b) an incorporated friendly society that was a registered friendly society before its incorporation is the successor of the registered friendly society (and the registered friendly society was the predecessor of the incorporated friendly society).]

(5) Where the policy secures a capital sum which is payable only on death or only on death occurring after the attainment of a specified age not exceeding 16, that capital sum must be not less than 75 per cent. of the total premiums which would be payable if the death of the relevant beneficiary occurred at the age of 75.

(6) Where the policy secures a capital sum which is payable only on survival for a specified term, that capital sum must be not less than 75 per cent. of the total premiums which would be payable if the policy were to run for that term.

(7) Where the policy secures a capital sum which is payable on survival for a specified term or on earlier death, or on earlier death or disability (including a policy securing the sum on death only if occurring after the attainment of a specified age not exceeding 16), the capital sum payable on death, whenever that event occurs, must be not less than 75 per cent. of the total premiums which would be payable if the policy were to run for that term, except that if, at the beginning of that term, the age of the relevant beneficiary exceeds 55, that capital sum may, for each year of the excess, be less by 2 per cent. of that total than 75 per cent. thereof.

(8) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) above—

(a) “the relevant beneficiary” means—

(i) if the capital sum concerned is payable on the death of the first to die of two persons, the older of them;

(ii) if that capital sum is payable on the death of the survivor of two persons, the younger of them; and

(iii) in any other case, the person on whose death that capital sum is payable; and

(b) in determining the total premiums payable in any circumstances—

(i) where those premiums are payable otherwise than annually, and the policy is issued by [F10 a society other than an old society], there shall be disregarded an amount equal to 10 per cent. of those premiums;

(ii) where the policy is issued by [F11 an old society], there shall be disregarded an amount equal to £10 for each year for which account is taken of those premiums [F12 or, where those premiums are payable otherwise than annually, an amount equal to 10 per cent. of those premiums if that is greater]; F13 . . .

(iii) F13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) F13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9) If the policy does not secure a capital sum in the event of death occurring before the age of 16 or some lower age, it must not provide for the payment in that event of an amount exceeding the total premiums previously paid under it.

(10) References in this paragraph to a capital sum payable on any event include references to a capital sum or series of capital sums payable by reason of that event, but where what is so payable is either an amount consisting of one sum or an amount made up of two or more sums, any reference in sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) above to 75 per cent. of the total premiums payable in any circumstances shall be compared with the smaller or smallest amount so payable; and for the purposes of those sub-paragraphs a policy secures a capital sum payable either on death or on disability notwithstanding that the amount may vary with the event.

(11) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) and (10) above, in the case of a policy which provides for any such payments as are referred to in sub-paragraph (3) above (“interim payments”), the amount of the capital sum which is payable on any event shall be taken to be increased—

(a) in the case of a policy which secures such a capital sum as is referred to in sub-paragraph (5) above, by the total of the interim payments which would be payable if the death of the relevant beneficiary (within the meaning of that sub-paragraph) occurred at the age of 75; and

(b) in the case of a policy which secures such a capital sum as is referred to in sub-paragraph (6) or (7) above, by the total of the interim payments which would be payable if the policy were to run for the specified term referred to in that sub-paragraph.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 15 para. 3(1) substituted (19.2.1993) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 56, Sch. 9 para. 19(2); S.I. 1993/236, art.2

F5 Words in Sch. 15 para. 3(1)(4)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(2)(a)

F6 Sch. 15 para. 3(1)(c) and word preceding it repealed by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), ss. 50, 123, Sch. 9 para. 4(1)(2), Sch. 19 Pt. V, Note 7

F7 Sch. 15 para. 3(2)(c) repealed (1.5.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 10 para. 3, Sch. 29 Pt. 8(6)

F8 Words in Sch. 15 para. 3(2)(c)(4)(c) inserted (19.2.1993) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 56, Sch. 9 para. 19(3)(4); S.I. 1993/236, art.2

F9 Sch. 15 para. 3(4A) inserted (19.2.1993) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 56, Sch. 9 para. 19(5); S.I. 1993/236, art.2

F10 Words in Sch. 15 para. 3(8)(b)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(2)(b)

F11 Words in Sch. 15 para. 3(8)(b)(ii) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(2)(c)

F12 Words in Sch. 15 para. 3(8)(b)(ii) inserted by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), s. 49(5)

F13 Sch. 15 para. 3(8)(b)(iii)(c) and word preceding para. (b)(iii) repealed (retrospectively with effect in accordance with s. 172(6) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 172(3), Sch. 43 Pt. 3(13), Note 3

Marginal Citations

M7 Source—1970 ss.334(2)–(4), 337(5)(a), Sch.1 3, 3A; 1984 s.72(a); 1985 s.41(4), (6), Sch.10 Pt.I; 1979/1576

4 (1) The provisions of this paragraph have effect notwithstanding anything in paragraph 3 above. U.K.

(2) In determining whether a policy—

(a) which affords provision for sickness or other infirmity (whether bodily or mental), and

(b) which also affords assurance for a gross sum independent of sickness or other infirmity, and

(c) under which not less than 60 per cent. of the amount of the premiums is attributable to the provision referred to in paragraph (a) above,

is a qualifying policy, the conditions referred to in paragraph 3(1)(b) above shall be deemed to be fulfilled with respect to it.

(3) A policy shall cease to be a qualifying policy—

(a) if it falls within sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 above and there is such a variation of its terms that any of the conditions referred to in that sub-paragraph ceases to be fulfilled; or

(b) if—

[F14 (i) it was effected in the course of [F15 the business of effecting or carrying out contracts of insurance which fall within paragraph 1 of Part I or paragraph VI of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001],]

(ii) it was issued by [F16 a society other than an old society], and

(iii) the rights conferred by it are surrendered in whole or in part.

Textual Amendments

F14 Sch. 15 para. 4(3)(b)(i) substituted (19.2.1993) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 56, Sch. 9 paras. 19(6), 22; S.I. 1993/236, art. 2

F15 Words in Sch. 15 para. 4(3)(b)(i) substituted (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 47(2)

F16 Words in Sch. 15 para. 4(3)(b)(ii) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(3)

5 U.K. F17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F17 Sch. 15 para. 5 omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(4)

6 (1) M8 A policy which was issued by [F18 any registered friendly society F19 . . . ], or branch of [F18 such a society], in the course of [F20 exempt BLAGAB or eligible PHI business]F19 . . . in respect of insurances made before 19th March 1985 and which has not been varied on or after that date is a qualifying policy notwithstanding that it does not comply with the conditions specified in paragraph 1 or 2 above. U.K.

(2) M9 Notwithstanding paragraphs 3 to 5 or sub-paragraph (1) above, if, on or after 19th March 1985, a person becomes in breach of the limits in [F21 section 160 of the Finance Act 2012], the policy effected by that contract which causes those limits to be exceeded shall not be a qualifying policy; and in any case where—

(a) the limits in that section are exceeded as a result of the aggregation of the sums assured or premiums payable under two or more contracts, and

(b) at a time immediately before one of those contracts was entered into (but not immediately after it was entered into) the sums assured by or, as the case may be, the premiums payable under the contract or contracts which were then in existence did not exceed the limits in that section,

only those policies effected by contracts made after that time shall be treated as causing the limits to be exceeded.

Textual Amendments

F18 Words in Sch. 15 para. 6(1) substituted (19.2.1993) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 56, Sch. 9 para. 19(7); S.I. 1993/236, art.2

F19 Words in Sch. 15 para. 6(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(5)(a)(i)

F20 Words in Sch. 15 para. 6(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(5)(a)(ii)

F21 Words in Sch. 15 para. 6(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(5)(b)

Marginal Citations

M8 Source—1970 Sch.1, 3; 1985 s.41(4)

M9 Source—FSA 1974 s.64(2B); 1985 s.41(1); 1987 s.30(6)

[F22 6A U.K. Any expression—

(a) which is used in any provision made by any of paragraphs 3 to 6, and

(b) which is used in Part 3 of the Finance Act 2012,

has the same meaning in that provision as it has in that Part.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 15 para. 6A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 178 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 18 para. 13(6)

(ii) Industrial assurance policies U.K.

7 (1) M10 A policy issued in the course of an industrial assurance business, and not constituting a qualifying policy by virtue of paragraph 1 or 2 above, is nevertheless a qualifying policy if— U.K.

(a) the sums guaranteed by the policy, together with those guaranteed at the time the assurance is made by all other policies issued in the course of such a business to the same person and not constituting qualifying policies apart from this paragraph, do not exceed £1,000;

(b) it satisfies the conditions with respect to premiums specified in paragraph 1(2) above;

(c) except by reason of death or surrender, no capital sum other than one falling within paragraph (d) below can become payable under the policy earlier than ten years after the making of the assurance; and

(d) where the policy provides for the making of a series of payments during its term—

(i) the first such payment is due not earlier than five years after the making of the assurance, and the others, except the final payment, at intervals of not less than five years, and

(ii) the amount of any payment, other than the final payment, does not exceed four-fifths of the premiums paid in the interval before its payment; or

(e) the policy was issued before 6th April 1976, or was issued before 6th April 1979 and is in substantially the same form as policies so issued before 6th April 1976.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the sums guaranteed by a policy do not include any bonuses, or in the case of a policy providing for a series of payments during its term, any of those payments except the first, or any sum payable on death during the term by reference to one or more of those payments except so far as that sum is referable to the first such payment.

Marginal Citations

M10 Source—1970 Sch.1 4; 1976 Sch.4 12

8 U.K. M11 Where a policy issued in respect of an insurance made after 1st April 1976 in the course of an industrial assurance business is not a qualifying policy by virtue of paragraph 1 or 2 above but is a policy with respect to which the conditions in paragraph 7(1)(b) and (c) above are satisfied, it shall be a qualifying policy whether or not the condition in paragraph 7(1)(a) above is satisfied with respect to it; but where that condition is not satisfied, relief under section 266 in respect of premiums paid under the policy shall be given only on such amount (if any) as would have been the amount of those premiums had that condition been satisfied.

Marginal Citations

M11 Source—1975 Sch.2 7; 1976 Sch.4 19(4)

[F23 8A (1) Paragraphs 7 and 8 above shall have effect in relation to any policy issued on or after the appointed day as if the references to the issue of a policy in the course of an industrial assurance business were references to the issue of a policy by any company in a case in which— U.K.

(a) the company, before that day and in the course of such a business, issued any policy which was a qualifying policy by virtue of either of those paragraphs; and

(b) the policies which on 28th November 1995 were being offered by the company as available to be issued included policies of the same description as the policy issued on or after the appointed day.

(2) In this paragraph “the appointed day” means such day as the Board may by order appoint.]

Subordinate Legislation Made

P1 Sch. 15 para. 8A power exercised: 1.12.2001 appointed by S.I. 2001/3643, art. 2(c)

Textual Amendments

F23 Sch. 15 para. 8A inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 167(8)

(iii) Family income policies and mortgage protection U.K.

9 (1) M12 The following provisions apply to any policy which is not a qualifying policy apart from those provisions, and the benefits secured by which consist of or include the payment on or after a person’s death of— U.K.

(a) one capital sum which does not vary according to the date of death, plus a series of capital sums payable if the death occurs during a specified period, or

(b) a capital sum, the amount of which is less if the death occurs in a later part of a specified period than if it occurs in an earlier part of that period.

(2) A policy falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a) above is a qualifying policy if—

(a) it would be one if it did not secure the series of capital sums there referred to, and the premiums payable under the policy were such as would be chargeable if that were in fact the case, and

(b) it would also be one if it secured only that series of sums, and the premiums thereunder were the balance of those actually so payable.

(3) A policy falling within sub-paragraph (1)(b) above is a qualifying policy if—

(a) it would be one if the amount of the capital sum there referred to were equal throughout the period to its smallest amount, and the premiums payable under the policy were such as would be chargeable if that were in fact the case, and

(b) it would also be one if it secured only that capital sum so far as it from time to time exceeds its smallest amount, and the premiums payable thereunder were the balance of those actually so payable.

Marginal Citations

M12 Source—1970 Sch.1 5

Other special provisions U.K.

(i) Short-term assurances U.K.

10 U.K. M13 A policy which secures a capital sum payable only on death or payable either on death or on earlier disability shall not be a qualifying policy if the capital sum is payable only if the event in question happens before the expiry of a specified term ending less than one year after the making of the insurance.

Marginal Citations

M13 Source—1976 Sch.4 2, 2A; 1978 Sch.3 4; 1982 s.35(1)

(ii) Personal accident insurance U.K.

11 (1) A policy which evidences a contract of insurance to which sub-paragraph (3) below applies shall not be a qualifying policy unless it also evidences [F24 — U.K.

(a) a contract of insurance on human life; or

(b) a contract to pay annuities on human life.]

(2) A policy which evidences a contract of insurance to which sub-paragraph (4) below applies shall not be a qualifying policy unless it also evidences a contract falling within section 83(2)(a) of the M14 Insurance Companies Act 1974.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies to contracts of insurance issued in respect of insurances made on or after 25th March 1982 against risks of persons dying as a result of an accident or an accident of a specified class, not being contracts which—

(a) are expressed to be in effect for a period of not less than five years or without limit of time; and

(b) either are not expressed to be terminable by the insurer before the expiration of five years from their taking effect or are expressed to be so terminable before the expiration of that period only in special circumstances therein mentioned.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies to contracts of insurance issued in respect of insurances made before 25th March 1982 against risks of persons dying as a result of an accident or an accident of a specified class, not being contracts falling within section 83(2)(b) of the Insurance Companies Act 1974.

Textual Amendments

F24 Words in Sch. 15 para. 11(1) substituted (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 47(3)

Marginal Citations

M14 1974 c. 49.

(iii) Exceptional [F25 risk of death or disability] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F25 Words in Sch. 15 para. 12 heading substituted (retrospectively with effect in accordance with s. 172(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 172(2)

12 U.K. M15 For the purpose of determining whether any policy is a qualifying policy, there shall be disregarded—

(a) so much of any premium thereunder as is charged on the grounds that an exceptional risk of death [F26 or disability] is involved; and

(b) any provision under which, on those grounds, any sum may become chargeable as a debt against the capital sum guaranteed by the policy on death [F26 or disability].

Textual Amendments

F26 Words in Sch. 15 para. 12 inserted (retrospectively with effect in accordance with s. 172(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 172(1)

Marginal Citations

M15 Source—1970 Sch.1 6, 7

(iv) Connected policies U.K.

13 U.K. M16 Subject to paragraph 14 below, where the terms of any policy provide that it is to continue in force only so long as another policy does so, neither policy is a qualifying policy unless, if they had constituted together a single policy issued in respect of an insurance made at the time of the insurance in respect of which the first-mentioned policy was issued, that single policy would have been a qualifying policy.

Marginal Citations

M16 Source—1980 s.30; 1984 s.74; 1982 s.35(3)

14 (1) A policy shall not be a qualifying policy if the policy is connected with another policy and the terms of either policy provide benefits which are greater than would reasonably be expected if any policy connected with it were disregarded. U.K.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph a policy is connected with another policy if they are at any time simultaneously in force and either of them is issued with reference to the other, or with a view to enabling the other to be issued on particular terms or facilitating its being issued on those terms.

(3) In this paragraph “policy” means a policy [F27 evidencing a contract of long-term insurance], and includes any such policy issued outside the United Kingdom.

[F28 (3A) In sub-paragraph (3) “contract of long-term insurance” means a contract which falls within Part II of Schedule 1 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.]

(4) Where any person issues a policy—

(a) which by virtue of this paragraph is not a qualifying policy, or

(b) the issue of which causes another policy to cease by virtue of this paragraph to be a qualifying policy,

he shall within three months of issuing the policy give notice of that fact to the Board.

(5) F29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) This paragraph shall apply to policies issued in respect of insurances made before 23rd August 1983 in accordance with sub-paragraphs (7) and (8) below.

(7) Where—

(a) a policy is issued in respect of an insurance made before 23rd August 1983, and

(b) a policy is issued in respect of an insurance made on or after that date which is connected with it within the meaning of this paragraph,

sub-paragraphs (1) to (6) above shall apply to the policy issued in respect of an insurance made before that date.

(8) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (7) above shall apply to policies issued in respect of insurances made before 23rd August 1983 (other than policies which, disregarding this paragraph, fall within sub-paragraph (7)) with the substitution—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “and the terms of either policy” of the words “ the terms of which ”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3) for the words from “long term business” to “1982” of the words “ ordinary long-term insurance business within the meaning of section 83(2) of the Insurance Companies Act 1974 (as enacted) or, in relation to a policy made after 25th March 1982, section 96(1) of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 ”; and

(c) in sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) for the words “23rd August 1983” of the words “ 26th March 1980 ”.

(9) In any case where payments made—

(a) after 22nd August 1983, and

(b) by way of premium or other consideration in respect of a policy issued in respect of an insurance made before that date,

exceed £5 in any period of 12 months, the policy shall be treated for the purposes of this paragraph as if it were issued in respect of an insurance made after 22nd August 1983; but nothing in this paragraph shall apply with respect to any premium paid in respect of it before that date.

(10) Sub-paragraphs (8) and (9) above do not apply in relation to policies issued in the course of industrial assurance business.

Textual Amendments

F27 Words in Sch. 15 para. 14(3) substituted (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 47(4)

F28 Sch. 15 para. 14(3A) inserted (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 47(5)

F29 Sch. 15 para. 14(5) omitted (13.8.2009) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Schedule 47 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2035), art. 1, Sch. para. 24

(v) Premiums paid out of sums due under previous policies U.K.

15 (1) M17 Where, in the case of a policy under which a single premium only is payable, liability for the payment of that premium is discharged in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) below, the policy is a qualifying policy notwithstanding anything in paragraph 1(2) or (3) or paragraph 2(1)(b) or (c) above; and where, in the case of any other policy, liability for the payment of the first premium thereunder, or of any part of that premium, is so discharged, the premium or part shall be disregarded for the purposes of paragraphs 1(2)(b) and (3)(b) and 2(1)(c) above. U.K.

(2) Liability for the payment of a premium is discharged in accordance with this sub-paragraph if it is discharged by the retention by the company with which the insurance is made of the whole or a part of any sum which has become payable on the maturity of, or on the surrender more than ten years after its issue of the rights conferred by, a policy—

(a) previously issued by the company to the person making the insurance, or, if it is made by trustees, to them or any predecessors in office; or

(b) issued by the company when the person making the insurance was an infant, and securing a capital sum payable either on a specified date falling not more than one month after his attaining 25, or on the anniversary of the policy immediately following his attainment of that age,

being, unless it is a policy falling within paragraph (b) above and the premium in question is a first premium only, a policy which was itself a qualifying policy, or which would have been a qualifying policy had it been issued in respect of an insurance made after 19th March 1968.

Marginal Citations

M17 Source—1970 Sch.1 8

(vi) Additional premiums under section 72(9) of the Ginance Act 1984 U.K.

16 U.K. M18 In determining whether a policy is a qualifying policy, no account shall be taken of any amount recovered, as if it were an additional premium, in pursuance of section 72(9) of the Finance Act 1984.

Marginal Citations

M18 Source—1984 s.72(9)(a)

(viii) Substituitions and variations U.K.

17 (1) M19 Subject to paragraph 19 below, where one policy (“the new policy”) is issued in substitution for, or on the maturity of and in consequence of an option conferred by, another policy (“the old policy”), the question whether the new policy is a qualifying policy shall, to the extent provided by the rules in sub-paragraph (2) below, be determined by reference to both policies. U.K.

(2) The rules (for the purposes of which, the question whether the old policy was a qualifying policy shall be determined in accordance with this Part of this Schedule, whatever the date of the insurance in respect of which it was issued), are as follows—

[F30 (za) the new policy cannot be a qualifying policy if the old policy was not a qualifying policy by virtue of—

(i) paragraph A1(2), B1(2), B2(2) or B3(3) above, or

(ii) sub-paragraph (i) above or this sub-paragraph;]

(a) if the new policy would apart from this paragraph be a qualifying policy but the old policy was [F31 not [F32 and paragraph (za) above does not apply],] the new policy is not a qualifying policy unless the person making the insurance in respect of which it is issued was an infant when the old policy was issued, and the old policy was one securing a capital sum payable either on a specified date falling not later than one month after his attaining 25 or on the anniversary of the policy immediately following his attainment of that age;

(b) if the new policy would apart from this paragraph be a qualifying policy, and the old policy was also a qualifying policy, the new policy is a qualifying policy unless—

(i) it takes effect before the expiry of ten years from the making of the insurance in respect of which the old policy was issued, and

(ii) subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, the highest total of premiums payable thereunder for any period of 12 months expiring before that time is less than one half of the highest total paid for any period of 12 months under the old policy, or under any related policy issued less than ten years before the issue of the new policy (“related policy” meaning any policy in relation to which the old policy was a new policy within the meaning of this paragraph, any policy in relation to which that policy was such a policy, and so on);

(c) if the new policy would not apart from this paragraph be a qualifying policy, and would fail to be so by reason only of paragraph 1(2) or (3) or 2(1)(a), (b) or (c) above, it is nevertheless a qualifying policy if the old policy was a qualifying policy and—

(i) the old policy was issued in respect of an insurance made more than ten years before the taking effect of the new policy, and, subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, the premiums payable for any period of 12 months under the new policy do not exceed the smallest total paid for any such period under the old policy; or

(ii) the old policy was issued outside the United Kingdom, and the circumstances are as specified in sub-paragraph (3) below.

(3) M20 The circumstances are—

(a) where the new policy referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(c) above is issued after 22nd February 1984, that the policy holder under the new policy became resident in the United Kingdom during the 12 months ending with the date of its issue;

(b) where paragraph (a) above does not apply, that the person in respect of whom the new insurance is made became resident in the United Kingdom during the 12 months ending with the date of its issue;

(c) that the issuing company certify that the new policy is in substitution for the old, and that the old was issued either by a [F33 permanent establishment] of theirs outside the United Kingdom or by a company outside the United Kingdom with whom they have arrangements for the issue of policies in substitution for ones held by persons coming to the United Kingdom; and

(d) that the new policy confers on the holder benefits which are substantially equivalent to those which he would have enjoyed if the old policy had continued in force.

(4) M21 Where the new policy is one issued on or after 1st April 1976 then, in determining under sub-paragraph [F34 (2)(a) to (c)] above whether that policy would or would not (apart from sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) above) be a qualifying policy, there shall be left out of account so much of the first premium payable thereunder as is accounted for by the value of the old policy.

[F35 (5) In determining under sub-paragraph (2)(a) to (c) above whether the new policy would apart from this paragraph be a qualifying policy, paragraph A1 above is not to be applied in relation to the issue of the new policy; but this does not stop that paragraph being applied in relation to the issue of the new policy after this paragraph has been applied.]

Textual Amendments

F30 Sch. 15 para. 17(2)(za) inserted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 9 para. 4(2)

F31 Word in Sch. 15 para. 17(2)(a) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), s. 146, Sch. 13 paras. 1, 10

F32 Words in Sch. 15 para. 17(2)(a) inserted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 9 para. 4(3)

F33 Words in Sch. 15 para. 17(3)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 153(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 153(1)(a)

F34 Words in Sch. 15 para. 17(4) substituted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 9 para. 4(4)

F35 Sch. 15 para. 17(5) inserted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 9 para. 4(5)

Marginal Citations

M19 Source—1970 Sch.1 9(1), (2)

M20 Source—1970 Sch.1 9(3); 1984 s.76(3), (6)

M21 Source—1975 Sch.2 5

18 (1) M22 Subject to paragraph 19 below and to the provisions of this paragraph, where the terms of a policy are varied, the question whether the policy after the variation is a qualifying policy shall be determined in accordance with the rules in paragraph 17 above, with references in those rules to the new policy and the old policy construed for that purpose as references respectively to the policy after the variation and the policy before the variation, and with any other necessary modifications. U.K.

(2) In applying any of those rules by virtue of this paragraph, the question whether a policy after a variation would be a qualifying policy apart from the rule shall be determined as if any reference in paragraphs [F36 1, 2, 3(5) to (11), 4 to 9], 12 and 13 above to the making of an insurance, or to a policy’s term, were a reference to the taking effect of the variation or, as the case may be, to the term of the policy as from the variation.

(3) This paragraph does not apply by reason of—

(a) any variation which, whether or not of a purely formal character, does not affect the terms of a policy in any significant respect, or

(b) any variation effected before the end of the year 1968 for the sole purpose of converting into a qualifying policy any policy issued (but not one treated, by virtue of paragraph 8(1) and (2) of Schedule 14, as issued) in respect of an insurance made after 19th March 1968,[F37 or

(c) any variation so as to increase the benefits secured or reduce the premiums payable which is effected—

(i) on or after such day as the Board may by order appoint, and

(ii) in consideration of a change in the method of payment of premiums from collection by a person collecting premiums from house to house to payment by a different method][F38 , or

(d) any variation which alters the method for calculating the benefits secured by the policy.]

[F39 (4) For the purposes of this paragraph there is no variation in the terms of a policy where—

(a) an amount of premium chargeable on the grounds that an exceptional risk of death or disability is involved becomes or ceases to be payable, or

(b) the policy is amended by the insertion, variation or removal of a provision under which, on those grounds, any sum may become chargeable as a debt against the capital sum guaranteed by the policy on death or disability.]

Subordinate Legislation Made

P2 Sch. 15 para. 18(3)(c)(i) power exercised: 1.12.2001 appointed by S.I. 2001/3643, art. 2(c)

Textual Amendments

F36 Word in Sch. 15 para. 18(2) substituted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), s. 146, Sch. 13 paras. 1, 11

F37 Sch. 15 para. 18(3)(c) and preceding word inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 167(9)

F38 Sch. 15 para. 18(3)(d) and preceding word inserted (partly retrospective, and otherwise with effect in accordance with s. 87(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 87(2)(4)(6)

F39 Sch. 15 para. 18(4) inserted (retrospectively with effect in accordance with s. 172(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 172(4)

Marginal Citations

M22 Source—1970 Sch.1 10

19 (1) M23 The following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect for determining for the purposes of this Schedule whether a policy has been varied or whether a policy which confers on the person to whom it is issued an option to have another policy substituted for it or to have any of its terms changed is a qualifying policy. U.K.

(2) If the policy is one issued in respect of an insurance made before 1st April 1976—

(a) any such option shall, until it is exercised, be disregarded in determining whether the policy is a qualifying policy; and

(b) any change in the terms of the policy which is made in pursuance of such an option shall be deemed to be a variation of the policy.

(3) If the policy is one issued in respect of an insurance made on or after 1st April 1976, the policy shall not be a qualifying policy unless it satisfies the conditions applicable to it under this Schedule before any such option is exercised and—

(a) each policy that might be substituted for it in pursuance of such an option would satisfy those conditions under the rules of paragraph 17 above; and

(b) the policy would continue to satisfy those conditions under the rules of that paragraph as applied by paragraph 18 above if each or any of the changes capable of being made in pursuance of such an option had been made and were treated as a variation;

and it shall not be treated as being varied by reason only of any change made in pursuance of such an option.

Marginal Citations

M23 Source—1975 Sch.2 3

20 (1) M24 Where, as a result of a variation in the life or lives for the time being assured, a qualifying policy (“the earlier policy”) is replaced by a new policy (“the later policy”) which in accordance with the rules in paragraph 17 above is also a qualifying policy, then, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, for the purposes of— U.K.

(a) sections 268 to 270 F40 . . . ; and

(b) any second or subsequent application of this paragraph;

the later policy and the earlier policy shall be treated as a single policy issued in respect of an insurance made at the time of the making of the insurance in respect of which the earlier policy was issued; and, accordingly, so long as the later policy continues to be a qualifying policy, the single policy shall also be treated as a qualifying policy for those purposes.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply unless—

(a) any sum which would otherwise become payable by the insurer on or in connection with the coming to an end of the earlier policy is retained by the insurer and applied in the discharge of some or all of the liability for any premium becoming due under the later policy; and

(b) no consideration in money or money’s worth (other than the benefits for which provision is made by the later policy) is receivable by any person on or in connection with the coming to an end of the earlier policy or the coming into existence of the later policy.

(3) Any sum which is applied as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) above—

(a) shall be left out of account in determining, for the purposes of sections 268 to 270 F41 . . . , the total amount which at any time has been paid by way of premiums under the single policy referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above; F42 . . .

(b) F42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) This paragraph applies where the later policy comes into existence on or after 25th March 1982.

Textual Amendments

F40 Words in Sch. 15 para. 20(1)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 18(1) of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 14 para. 9(a)

F41 Words in Sch. 15 para. 20(3)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 18(1) of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 14 para. 9(b)(i)

F42 Sch. 15 para. 20(3)(b) and preceding word omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 18(1) of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 14 para. 9(b)(ii)

Marginal Citations

M24 Source—1982 s.34

[F43 (viii) Policy reinstated after non-payment of premium U.K.

Textual Amendments

F43 Sch. 15 para. 20ZA and preceding cross-heading inserted (1.4.2011 with effect in accordance with art. 15(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1037), arts. 1, 15(1)

20ZA (1) This paragraph applies to a qualifying policy (“the original policy”) if conditions A to D are satisfied. U.K.

(2) Condition A is that one or more premiums due under the original policy are not paid on or before the date on which they become due.

(3) Condition B is that the original policy, in accordance with its terms, is treated as having lapsed or is converted into a paid-up policy—

(a) by reason only of the failure to pay that premium or those premiums, and

(b) within the period of 12 months beginning with the day following the day on which the earliest unpaid premium becomes due.

(4) Condition C is that the original policy—

(a) is reinstated on the same terms, or

(b) is replaced by another policy in the same terms (“the replacement policy”),

on or before the thirtieth day after the first anniversary of the day following the day on which the earliest unpaid premium becomes due.

(5) Condition D is that all unpaid premiums due under the original policy are paid on or before the date on which the policy is reinstated or replaced.

(6) Where condition C is satisfied by virtue of sub-paragraph (4)(b) the replacement policy is to be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as if it were the original policy.

(7) The policy is to be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as if the premiums payable under it had been paid on their due dates.]

[F44 Meaning of “industrial assurance business” U.K.

Textual Amendments

F44 Sch. 15 para. 20A and preceding cross-heading inserted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 233 (with Sch. 2)

20A U.K. In this Part of this Schedule “industrial assurance business” means any industrial assurance business within the meaning given by—

(a) section 1(2) of the Industrial Assurance Act 1923, or

(b) Article 3(1) of the Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979,

which was carried on before 1 December 2001.]