Finance Act 1973

[F1 1 U.K. In this Schedule—

• “agent”, in relation to a syndicate and a year of assessment, means—

(a) the person who was acting as underwriting agent for that syndicate at the end of the corresponding underwriting year; or

(b) such other person as may be detertnined in accordance with regulations made by the Board by statutory instrument;

• “closing year”, in relation to a year of assessment, means the year of assessment next but one following that year;

• “inspector” includes any officer of the Board;

• “profits” includes gains;

• “syndicate” means a syndicate of underwriting members of Lloyds formed for an underwriting year;

• “syndicate profit or loss”, in relation to a syndicate, means the aggregate amount of the profits or losses arising to all the members of the syndicate (taken together), and “syndicate profits” and “syndicate losses” shall be construed accordingly.

(2) References in this Schedule to profits or losses arising to a member of a syndicate are references to profits or losses which—

(a) arise to him in his capacity as such a member, whether from his underwriting business or from assets forming part of a premiums trust fund; and

(b) are chargeable or, as the case may be, allowable under Case I of Schedule D.

(3) Regulations under this paragraph may make provision with respect to the year of assessment next but one preceding the year of assessment in which they are made.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 16A inserted by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 63:1, 2), s. 58, Sch. 5