Finance Act 1994 (c. 9)

SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 7A U.K. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX: CONTRACTS THAT ARE NOT TAXABLE

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7A inserted (1.10.1994) by S.I. 1994/1698, art. 5

PART I U.K. DESCRIPTIONS OF CONTRACT]

Contracts relating to lifeboats and lifeboat equipment U.K.

5 (1) A contract falls within this paragraph if it relates only to a lifeboat and is a contract whose effecting and carrying out constitutes business of one or more of the relevant classes and constitutes only such business.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph the relevant classes are classes 1, 6 and 12 of the classes specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Insurance Companies Act 1982 (ships, accident, third-party etc.).

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph a lifeboat is a vessel used or to be used solely for rescue or assistance at sea.

6 (1) A contract falls within this paragraph if it relates only to a lifeboat and lifeboat equipment and is such that, if it related only to a lifeboat, it would fall within paragraph 5 above. U.K.

(2) In deciding whether a contract relates to lifeboat equipment the nature of the risks concerned is immaterial, and they may (for example) be risks of dying or sustaining injury or of loss or damage.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) “lifeboat” has the meaning given by paragraph 5(3) above; and

(b) “lifeboat equipment” means anything used or to be used solely in connection with a lifeboat.