Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 See Finance Act 1990 s. 126—exemption for pools payments to trustees for football ground improvements in respect of events on or after 6April 1990.
C2Pt. 3 Ch. 3 modified (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 283, Sch. 36 para. 57(1) (with s. 283(5))
C3Pt. 3 Ch. 3 modified (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 283, Sch. 36 para. 56(2)(b) (with s. 283(5))
C4Part III Chapter III (ss.58-85) excluded by Finance Act 1991 (c.31, SIF 63:1), s. 121(4).
Pt. III Ch. III (ss. 58-85) restricted (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 248
(1)There shall be a charge to tax under this section—
(a)where the property comprised in a settlement or any part of that property ceases to be relevant property (whether because it ceases to be comprised in the settlement or otherwise); and
(b)in a case in which paragraph (a) above does not apply, where the trustees of the settlement make a disposition as a result of which the value of relevant property comprised in the settlement is less than it would be but for the disposition.
(2)The amount on which tax is charged under this section shall be—
(a)the amount by which the value of relevant property comprised in the settlement is less immediately after the event in question that it would be but for the event, or
(b)where the tax payable is paid out of relevant property comprised in the settlement immediately after the event, the amount which, after deducting the tax, is equal to the amount on which tax would be charged by virtue of paragraph (a) above.
(3)The rate at which tax is charged under this section shall be the rate applicable under section 68 or 69 below.
(4)Subsection (1) above does not apply if the event in question occurs in a quarter beginning with the day on which the settlement commenced or with a ten-year anniversary.
(5)Tax shall not be charged under this section in respect of—
(a)a payment of costs or expenses (so far as they are fairly attributable to relevant property), or
(b)a payment which is (or will be) income of any person for any of the purposes of income tax or would for any of those purposes be income of a person not resident in the United Kingdom if he were so resident,
or in respect of a liability to make such a payment.
(6)Tax shall not be charged under this section by virtue of subsection (1)(b) above if the disposition is such that, were the trustees beneficially entitled to the settled property, section 10 or section 16 above would prevent the disposition from being a transfer of value.
(7)Tax shall not be charged under this section by reason only that property comprised in a settlement ceases to be situated in the United Kingdom and thereby becomes excluded property by virtue of section 48(3)(a) above.
(8)If the settlor of a settlement was not domiciled in the United Kingdom when the settlement was made, tax shall not be charged under this section by reason only that property comprised in the settlement is invested in securities issued by the Treasury subject to a condition of the kind mentioned in section 6(2) above and thereby becomes excluded property by virtue of section 48(4)(b) above.
(9)For the purposes of this section trustees shall be treated as making a disposition if they omit to exercise a right (unless it is shown that the omission was not deliberate) and the disposition shall be treated as made at the time or latest time when they could have exercised the right.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5S. 65 restricted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 161(1) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 161(3)
C6S. 65 restricted (retrospective to 20.3.1993) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 86(4)(6)