99 Application of Act to unit trust schemes.U.K.
(1)This Act shall apply in relation to any unit trust scheme as if—
(a)the scheme were a company,
(b)the rights of the unit holders were shares in the company, and
(c)in the case of an authorised unit trust, the company were resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom,
except that nothing in this section shall be taken to bring a unit trust scheme within the charge to corporation tax on chargeable gains.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) [F1and section 99A] below, in this Act—
(a)“unit trust scheme” has the [F2meaning given by section 237(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000],
[F3(aa)“unit holder” means a person entitled to a share of the investments subject to the trusts of a unit trust scheme;
(b)“authorised unit trust” means, as respects an accounting period, a unit trust scheme in the case of which an order under section 243 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 is in force during the whole or part of that period.]
[F4(c)“open-ended investment company” has the meaning given by subsection (10) of section 468 of the Taxes Act, read with subsections (11) to (18) of that section, as those subsections are added by regulation 10(4) of the Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997; and accordingly references in subsections (11) to (16) of that section to “the Tax Acts” shall be construed as if they included references to this Act.]
(3)The Treasury may by regulations provide that any scheme of a description specified in the regulations shall be treated as not being a unit trust scheme for the purposes of this Act; and regulations under this section may contain such supplementary and transitional provisions as appear to the Treasury to be necessary or expedient.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 99(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 118(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 118(2)(a)
F2Words in s. 99(2)(a) substituted (1.12.2001) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), arts. 1(2)(a), 62(1)
F3S. 99(2)(aa)(b) substituted for s. 99(2)(b) (with effect in accordance with s. 118(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 118(2)(b)
F4S. 99(2)(c) added (28.4.1997) by The Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1154), regs. 1(1), 20
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 99 extended (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 37, s. 12, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 22(2)
C2S. 99(1) excluded in part by The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/964), reg. 14B (as inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/3159, regs. 1(1), 11)