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Part 4U.K.Pension schemes etc

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7Pt. 4 modified (1.7.2008) (N.I.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/256), regs. 1, 124(1) (with regs. 134, 258)

C9Pt. 4 applied (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 35 para. 18

C10Pt. 4 modified (19.7.2011) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 18 para. 14(3)

C11Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with Sch. 22 para. 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 22 para. 1(2)

C12Pt. 4 modified (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(3)

C13Pt. 4: power to amend conferred (17.12.2014) by Taxation of Pensions Act 2014 (c. 30), s. 4(3)

C14Pt. 4 modified (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 4 para. 1

C15Pt. 4 modified (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 4 para. 9(2)

Chapter 6U.K.Schemes that are not registered pension schemes

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

[F1Non-UK schemes: the overseas transfer chargeU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 244A-244N and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 25 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2017 (c. 10), Sch. 4 para. 11

244CExclusion: [F2receiving scheme in EEA state [F3or Gibraltar], and member resident in UK or EEA state]U.K.

(1)This section applies to a transfer to a QROPS established in an EEA state [F4or Gibraltar].

(2)If the transfer is a recognised transfer [F5or a relieved relevant non-UK scheme transfer], the transfer is excluded from the overseas transfer charge [F6under section 244AC] if during the relevant period—

(a)the member is resident in [F7a relevant territory] (whether or not the [F8same relevant territory] throughout that period), and

(b)there is no onward transfer—

(i)for which the recognised transfer [F9or relieved relevant non-UK scheme transfer] is the original transfer, and

(ii)which is not excluded from the charge.

(3)If the member is resident in [F7a relevant territory] at the time of the recognised transfer [F10or relieved relevant non-UK scheme transfer] mentioned in subsection (2), it is to be assumed for the purposes of this section that the member will be resident in [F7a relevant territory] during the relevant period; but if, at a time before the end of the relevant period, the transfer ceases to be excluded by subsection (2) otherwise than by reason of the member's death—

(a)that assumption is from that time no longer to be made, and

(b)the charge on the transfer is treated as charged at that time.

(4)If the transfer is an onward transfer (“transfer B”), the transfer is excluded from the overseas transfer charge [F11under section 244AC] if during so much of the relevant period as is after the time of the onward transfer—

(a)the member is resident in [F7a relevant territory] (whether or not the [F12same relevant territory] at all those times), and

(b)there is no subsequent onward transfer that—

(i)is of sums and assets which, in whole or part, directly or indirectly derive from those transferred by transfer B, and

(ii)is not excluded from the charge.

(5)If the member is resident in [F7a relevant territory] at the time of transfer B, it is to be assumed for the purposes of subsection (4) that the member will be resident in [F7a relevant territory] during so much of the relevant period as is after the time of transfer B; but if, at a time before the end of the relevant period, the transfer ceases to be excluded by subsection (4) otherwise than by reason of the member's death—

(a)that assumption is from that time no longer to be made, and

(b)the charge on transfer B is treated as charged at that time.

[F13(6)In this section “relevant territory” means the United Kingdom or an EEA state.]]

Textual Amendments

F5Words in s. 244C(2) inserted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 47(2)(a)(i), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F6Words in s. 244C(2) inserted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 47(2)(a)(ii), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F9Words in s. 244C(2)(b)(i) inserted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 47(2)(b), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F10Words in s. 244C(3) inserted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 47(3), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)

F11Words in s. 244C(4) inserted (for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 9 paras. 47(4), 124 (with Sch. 9 paras. 125-132A) (as amended by S.I. 2024/356, regs. 1, 4)