Finance Act 1998

Consequential amendment of paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the 1992 Act U.K.

4 (1) In sub-paragraph (7) of paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 (persons listed for the purpose of the conditions the fulfilment of which makes a pre-19th March 1991 settlement a qualifying settlement)— U.K.

(a) after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

“(da) any grandchild of a settlor or of a settlor’s spouse;

(db) the spouse of any such grandchild;”and

(b) in paragraph (e), for “(d)" there shall be substituted “ (db) ”.

(2) For sub-paragraph (11) of that paragraph there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(11) In this paragraph—

• 'child’ includes a step-child;

• 'grandchild’ means a child of a child;

• 'participator’ has the meaning given by section 417(1) of the Taxes Act.”

(3) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether either of the conditions set out in sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) of that paragraph became fulfilled at any time before 17th March 1998.