(1)For the year 1990-91 and subsequent years of assessment section 278 of the Taxes Act 1988 (which with certain exceptions denies relief under Chapter I of Part VII to non-residents) shall have effect with the following amendments.
(2)In subsection (2)(e) (exception for widows of Crown servants) after the word “husband” there shall be inserted the words “ , or a widower whose late wife, ”.
(3)After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
“(2A)Notwithstanding subsection (2) above, no relief shall be given under section 257D in a case where the husband is not resident in the United Kingdom.”
(4)Subsections (3) to (7) shall be omitted.