Finance Act 1989

110 Residence of trustees. U.K.

(1) Where the trustees of a settlement include at least one who is notresident in the United Kingdom as well as at least one who is, then for allthe purposes of the Income Tax Acts—

(a) if the condition in subsection (2) below is satisfied, the trustee ortrustees not resident in the United Kingdom shall be treated as residentthere, and

(b) otherwise, the trustee or trustees resident in the United Kingdom shallbe treated as not resident there (but as resident outside the United Kingdom).

(2) The condition referred to in subsection (1) above is that the settlor or,where there is more than one, any of them is at any relevant time—

(a) resident in the United Kingdom,

(b) ordinarily resident there, or

(c) domiciled there.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above the following are relevant timesin relation to a settlor—

(a) in the case of a settlement arising under a testamentary disposition ofthe settlor or on his intestacy, the time of his death, and

(b) in the case of any other settlement, the time or, where there is more thanone, each of the times when he has provided funds directly or indirectly forthe purposes of the settlement.

(4) For the purposes of this section “settlor”, in relationto a settlement, includes any person who has provided or undertaken to providefunds directly or indirectly for the purposes of the settlement.

(5) In section 824(9) of the Taxes Act 1988 (repayment supplements), for thewords “or a United Kingdom trust (as defined in section 231),” thereshall be substituted the words “the trustees of a settlement”.

(6) Subject to subsections (7) to (9) below, this section shall apply for theyear 1989-90 and subsequent years of assessment.

(7) For the purpose of determining the residence of trustees at any timeduring the year 1989-90, the condition in subsection (2) above shall beregarded as not having been satisfied if none of the trustees of thesettlement is resident in the United Kingdom at any time during the periodbeginning with 1st October 1989 and ending with 5th April 1990.

(8) This section shall not apply for any of the purposes of section 739 of theTaxes Act 1988 in relation to income payable before 15th June 1989, or for thepurposes of subsection (3) of that section in relation to income payable onor after that date if—

(a) the capital sum there referred to is received, or the right to receive itis acquired, before that date, and

(b) that sum is wholly repaid, or the right to it waived, before 1st October1989.

(9) This section shall not apply for any of the purposes of section 740 of theTaxes Act 1988 in relation to benefits received before 15th June 1989; and,in relation to benefits received on or after that date, “relevant income”for those purposes shall include income arising to trustees before 6th April1989 notwithstanding that one or more of them was not resident outside theUnited Kingdom, unless they have been charged to tax in respect of it.