Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 7D inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 6 para. 221 (with Sch. 7)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 7D Pt. 1 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 2 para. 87 (with Sch. 7)
2(1)Any gain accruing to the trustees is not a chargeable gain if the shares—U.K.
(a)are shares in relation to which the requirements of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to ITEPA 2003 (approved share incentive plans: types of shares that may be awarded) are met, and
(b)are awarded to employees, or acquired on their behalf as dividend shares, in accordance with the plan within the relevant period.
(2)If any of the shares in the company in question are readily convertible assets at the time the shares are acquired by the trustees, the relevant period is the period of two years beginning with the date on which the shares were acquired by the trustees.
This is subject to sub-paragraph (4).
(3)If at the time of the acquisition of the shares by the trustees none of the shares in the company in question are readily convertible assets, the relevant period is—
(a)the period of five years beginning with the date on which the shares were acquired by the trustees, or
(b)if within that period any of the shares in that company become readily convertible assets, the period of two years beginning with the date on which they did so,
whichever ends first.
This is subject to sub-paragraph (4).
(4)If the shares are acquired by the trustees by virtue of a payment in respect of which a deduction is allowed under [F2section 989 of CTA 2009] (deduction for contribution to plan trust), the relevant period is the period of ten years beginning with the date of acquisition.
(5)For the purposes of determining whether shares are awarded to a participant within the relevant period, shares acquired by the trustees at an earlier time are taken to be awarded to a participant before shares of the same class acquired by the trustees at a later time.
(6)Sub-paragraph (5) is subject to paragraph 78(1) of Schedule 2 to ITEPA 2003 (acquisition by trustees of shares from employee share ownership trust).
(7)For the purposes of this paragraph “readily convertible assets” has the meaning given by sections 701 and 702 of that Act (readily convertible assets).
This is subject to sub-paragraph (8).
(8)In determining for the purposes of this paragraph whether shares are readily convertible assets any market for the shares that—
(a)is created by virtue of the trustees acquiring shares for the purposes of the plan, and
(b)exists solely for the purposes of the plan,
shall be disregarded.
(9)In relation to shares acquired by the trustees before 11th May 2001 this paragraph has effect with the substitution—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2), of “If the shares are readily convertible assets at the time they” for the words before “are acquired”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (3)—
(i)of “If at the time of their acquisition by the trustees the shares are not readily convertible assets” for the words before “the relevant period”, and
(ii)in paragraph (b), of “the shares in question” for “any of the shares in that company”.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 7D para. 2(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 387 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)