88 Gains of dual resident settlements.U.K.
(1)Section 87 also applies to a settlement for any year of assessment beginning on or after 6th April 1991 if—
(a)the trustees are resident in the United Kingdom during any part of the year or ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom during the year, [F1and]
(b)at any time of such residence or ordinary residence they fall to be regarded for the purposes of any double taxation relief arrangements as resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom, F2...
F2(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)In respect of every year of assessment for which section 87 applies by virtue of this section, section 87 shall have effect as if the amount to be computed under section 87(2) were the assumed chargeable amount; and the reference in section 87(2) to the corresponding amount in respect of an earlier year shall be construed as a reference to the amount computed under section 87(2) apart from this section or (as the case may be) the amount computed under section 87(2) by virtue of this section.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above the assumed chargeable amount in respect of a year of assessment is the lesser of the following 2 amounts—
(a)the amount on which the trustees would be chargeable to tax for the year under section 2(2) on the assumption that the double taxation relief arrangements did not apply;
(b)the amount on which, by virtue of disposals of protected assets, the trustees would be chargeable to tax for the year under section 2(2) on the assumption that those arrangements did not apply.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (3)(b) above assets are protected assets if—
(a)they are of a description specified in the double taxation relief arrangements, and
(b)were the trustees to dispose of them at any relevant time, the trustees would fall to be regarded for the purposes of the arrangements as not liable in the United Kingdom to tax on gains accruing to them on the disposal.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (4) above—
(a)the assumption specified in subsection (3)(b) above shall be ignored;
(b)a relevant time is any time, in the year of assessment concerned, when the trustees fall to be regarded for the purposes of the arrangements as resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom;
(c)if different assets are identified by reference to different relevant times, all of them are protected assets.
(6)In computing the assumed chargeable amount in respect of a particular year of assessment, the effect of sections 77 to 79 shall be ignored.
(7)For the purposes of section 87 as it applies by virtue of this section, capital payments received before 6th April 1991 shall be disregarded.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 88(1)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 130(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 130(2)(a)
F2S. 88(1)(c) and preceding word repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 130(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 130(2)(b), Sch. 27 Pt. III(30)