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Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

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210Life assurance and deferred annuities

(1)This section has effect as respects any policy of assurance or contract for a deferred annuity on the life of any person.

(2)No chargeable gain shall accrue on the disposal of, or of an interest in, the rights under any such policy of assurance or contract except where the person making the disposal is not the original beneficial owner and acquired the rights or interest for a consideration in money or money’s worth.

(3)Subject to subsection (2) above, the occasion of—

(a)the payment of the sum or sums assured by a policy of assurance, or

(b)the transfer of investments or other assets to the owner of a policy of assurance in accordance with the policy,

and the occasion of the surrender of a policy of assurance, shall be the occasion of a disposal of the rights under the policy of assurance.

(4)Subject to subsection (2) above, the occasion of the payment of the first instalment of a deferred annuity, and the occasion of the surrender of the rights under a contract for a deferred annuity, shall be the occasion of a disposal of the rights under the contract for a deferred annuity and the amount of the consideration for the disposal of a contract for a deferred annuity shall be the market value at that time of the right to that and further instalments of the annuity.

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