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4U.K.The following sections shall be inserted after section 590—

590A Section 590: supplementary provisions.

(1)For the purposes of section 590(3)(e) and (f) two or more employments arerelevant associated employments if they are employments in the case ofwhich—

(a)there is a period during which the employee has held both or all of them,

(b)the period counts under the scheme in the case of both or all of them asa period in respect of which benefits are payable, and

(c)the period is one during which both or all of the employers in questionare associated.

(2)For the purposes of section 590(3)(g) and (h) the scheme is connected withanother scheme in relation to an employee if—

(a)there is a period during which he has been the employee of two persons whoare associated employers,

(b)the period counts under both schemes as a period in respect of whichbenefits are payable, and

(c)the period counts under one scheme by virtue of service with one employerand under the other scheme by virtue of service with the other employer.

(3)For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above, employers areassociated if (directly or indirectly) one is controlled by the other or ifboth are controlled by a third person.

(4)In subsection (3) above the reference to control, in relation to a bodycorporate, shall be construed—

(a)where the body corporate is a close company, in accordance with section416, and

(b)where it is not, in accordance with section 840.

590B Section 590: further supplementary provisions.

(1)For the purposes of section 590(3)(e) the relevant amount, in relation toan employee, shall be found by applying the following formula—

(2)For the purposes of section 590(3)(f) the relevant amount, in relation toan employee, shall be found by applying the following formula—

(3)For the purposes of section 590(3)(g) the relevant amount, in relation toan employee, shall be found by applying the following formula—

(4)For the purposes of section 590(3)(h) the relevant amount, in relation toan employee, shall be found by applying the following formula—

(5)For the purposes of this section A is the aggregate number of yearsservice (expressing parts of a year as a fraction), subject to a maximum of40, which, in the case of the employee, count for the purposes of the schemeat the time the benefits in respect of service in the employment becomepayable.

(6)But where the same year (or part of a year) counts for the purposes of thescheme by virtue of more than one of the relevant associated employments itshall be counted only once in calculating the aggregate number of yearsservice for the purposes of subsection (5) above.

(7)For the purposes of this section B is the aggregate number of yearsservice (expressing parts of a year as a fraction), subject to a maximum of40, which, in the case of the employee, count for the purposes of any of thefollowing—

(a)the scheme, and

(b)the other scheme or schemes with which the scheme is connected in relationto him,

at the time the benefits become payable.

(8)But where the same year (or part of a year) counts for the purposes ofmore than one scheme it shall be counted only once in calculating theaggregate number of years service for the purpose of subsection (7) above.

(9)For the purposes of this section C is the permitted maximum in relationto the year of assessment in which the benefits in question become payable,that is, the figure found for that year by virtue of subsections (10) and (11)below.

(10)For the years 1988-89 and 1989-90 the figure is £60,000.

(11)For any subsequent year of assessment the figure is the figure found forthat year, for the purposes of section 590C, by virtue of section 590C(4) and(5).

590C Earnings cap.

(1)In arriving at an employee’s final remuneration for the purposes ofsection 590(3)(a) or (d), any excess of what would be his final remuneration(apart from this section) over the permitted maximum for the year ofassessment in which his participation in the scheme ceases shall bedisregarded.

(2)In subsection (1) above “the permitted maximum”, in relation to a year of assessment,means the figure found for that year by virtue of subsections (3) and (4)below.

(3)For the years 1988-89 and 1989-90 the figure is £60,000.

(4)For any subsequent year of assessment the figure is also £60,000,subject to subsection (5) below.

(5)If the retail prices index for the month of December preceding a year ofassessment falling within subsection (4) above is higher than it was for theprevious December, the figure for that year shall be an amount arrived atby—

(a)increasing the figure for the previous year of assessment by the samepercentage as the percentage increase in the retail prices index, and

(b)if the result is not a multiple of £600, rounding it up to thenearest amount which is such a multiple.

(6)The Treasury shall in the year of assessment 1989-90, and in eachsubsequent year of assessment, make an order specifying the figure which isby virtue of this section the figure for the following year of assessment.

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