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103 Liability of trustees.U.K.

(1)In subsection (2) of section 7 of the Management Act (notice of liability)—

(a)for the words “a person who is” there shall be substituted the words “ persons who are ”; and

(b)for the words “a trustee” there shall be substituted the words “ the relevant trustees ”.

(2)After subsection (8) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(9)For the purposes of this Act the relevant trustees of a settlement are—

(a)in relation to income, the persons who are trustees when the income arises and any persons who subsequently become trustees; and

(b)in relation to chargeable gains, the persons who are trustees in the year of assessment in which the chargeable gains accrue and any persons who subsequently become trustees.

(3)In subsection (1) of section 8A of that Act (trustee’s return)—

(a)for the words “a trustee” there shall be substituted the words “ the relevant trustees ”; and

(b)for the words “the trustee”, in the first place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ any relevant trustee ”.

(4)After subsection (4) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(5)The following references, namely—

(a)references in section 9 or 28C of this Act to a person to whom a notice has been given under this section being chargeable to tax; and

(b)references in section 29 of this Act to such a person being assessed to tax,

shall be construed as references to the relevant trustees of the settlement being so chargeable or, as the case may be, being so assessed.

(5)At the beginning of Part XI of that Act (miscellaneous and supplemental) there shall be inserted the following section—

SettlementsU.K.
107A Relevant trustees.

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, anything which for the purposes of this Act is done at any time by or in relation to any one or more of the relevant trustees of a settlement shall be treated for those purposes as done at that time by or in relation to the other or others of those trustees.

(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, where the relevant trustees of a settlement are liable—

(a)to a penalty under section 7, 12B, 93, 95 or 97AA of this Act or paragraph 2A of Schedule 1A to this Act, or to interest under section 103A of this Act on such a penalty;

(b)to make a payment in accordance with an assessment under section 30 of this Act, or to make a payment under section 59A or 59B of this Act;

(c)to a surcharge under section 59C of this Act, or to interest under that section on such a surcharge; or

(d)to interest under section 86 of this Act,

the penalty, interest, payment or surcharge may be recovered (but only once) from any one or more of those trustees.

(3)No amount may be recovered by virtue of subsection (2)(a) or (c) above from a person who did not become a relevant trustee until after the relevant time, that is to say—

(a)in relation to so much of a penalty under section 93(3) or 97AA(1)(b) of this Act as is payable in respect of any day, or to interest under section 103A of this Act on so much of such a penalty as is so payable, the beginning of that day;

(b)in relation to a penalty under any other provision of this Act mentioned in subsection (2)(a) above, or to interest under section 103A of this Act on such a penalty, the time when the relevant act or omission occurred; and

(c)in relation to a surcharge under subsection (2) or (3) of section 59C of this Act, or to interest under that section on such a surcharge, the beginning of the day mentioned in that subsection;

and in paragraph (b) above “the relevant act or omission” means the act or omission which caused the penalty to become payable.

(4)In a case where—

(a)subsection (2)(a) above applies in relation to a penalty under section 93 of this Act, or

(b)subsection (2)(c) above applies in relation to a surcharge under section 59C of this Act,

subsection (8) of section 93 or, as the case may be, subsection (9) of section 59C of this Act shall have effect as if the reference to the taxpayer were a reference to each of the relevant trustees.

(6)In section 118 of that Act (interpretation), after the definition of “the principal Act” there shall be inserted the following definition—

the relevant trustees”, in relation to a settlement, shall be construed in accordance with section 7(9) of this Act.

(7)Unless the contrary intention appears, this section, sections 104 to 115 below and Schedule 20 to this Act—

(a)so far as they relate to income tax and capital gains tax, have effect as respects the year 1996-97 and subsequent years of assessment, and

(b)so far as they relate to corporation tax, have effect as respects accounting periods ending on or after the appointed day for the purposes of Chapter III of Part IV of the M1Finance Act 1994.

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