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Part IVU.K. Shares, securities, options etc.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. IV: power to modify conferred (7.4.2005) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), s. 21(8)-(10)

Chapter IIIU.K. Miscellaneous provisions relating to commodities, futures, options and other securities

151 Personal equity plans.U.K.

(1)The Treasury may make regulations providing that an individual who invests under a plan shall be entitled to relief from capital gains tax in respect of the investments.

[F1(2)The provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 6 of ITTOIA 2005 (income from individual investment plans), except section 694(1) and (2), shall apply in relation to regulations made under subsection (1) as they apply to regulations made under section 694(1), but with the substitution for any reference to income tax of a reference to capital gains tax.]

(3)Regulations under this section may include provision securing that losses are disregarded for the purposes of capital gains tax where they accrue on the disposal of investments on or after 18th January 1988.

[F2(4)Regulations under this section may include provision which, for cases where a person subscribes to a plan by transferring or renouncing shares or rights to shares—

(a)modifies the effect of this Act in relation to their acquisition and their transfer or renunciation; and

(b)makes consequential modifications of the effect of this Act in relation to anything which (apart from the regulations) would have been regarded on or after their acquisition as an indistinguishable part of the same asset.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 151(2) substituted for s. 151(2)(2A) (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 436 (with Sch. 2)

F2S. 151(4) inserted (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s.85

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2S. 151 extended (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 123(7)(b)