C1PART XV SETTLEMENTS
CHAPTER V MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS
691 Certain income not to be income of settlor etc.
1
M1This section applies to any settlement in relation to which a Schedule 4 direction has effect.
2
M2The trustees of the settlement may elect that this subsection shall have effect in relation to any year of assessment, and if they do so—
a
any income arising in that year from the property comprised in the settlement which, apart from this subsection, would be treated by virtue of this Part as income of the settlor shall not be so treated; and
b
no sum applied in that year out of the property for the purposes mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 4 (maintenance etc. of qualifying property) shall be treated for any purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of any person—
i
by virtue of any interest of that person in, or his occupation of, the qualifying property in question; or
ii
by virtue of section 677.
3
M3Where income arising from the property comprised in the settlement in a year of assessment for which no election is made under subsection (2) above is treated by virtue of this Part as income of the settlor, paragraph (b) of that subsection shall have effect in relation to any sums in excess of that income which are applied in that year as mentioned in that paragraph.
4
Any election under subsection (2) above shall be by notice to the Board in such form as the Board may require and shall be made within two years of the end of the year of assessment to which it relates.
5
M4Where—
a
for part of a year of assessment a Schedule 4 direction has effect and circumstances obtain by virtue of which income arising from property comprised in the settlement is treated as income of a settlor under this Part; and
b
for the remainder of that year either no such direction has effect, or no such circumstances obtain, or both,
subsections (1) to (4) above shall apply as if each of those parts were a separate year of assessment and separate elections may be made accordingly.
See also—1970(M) s.31(3)—appeals on application of ss.660to 685to go to Special Commissioners.1974 s.43—development gains accruing to trustees to be charged at basic plus additional rates.1988 s.339(6), (7)—treatment for corporation tax of covenanted donation to charity.1988 s.762—offshore income gains.1989 s.110—residence of trustees.