Finance Act 1993

Currency U.K.

2 (1) In a case where—

(a) there is for the purposes of the 1992 Act a disposal of currency other than sterling by a qualifying company, and

(b) immediately before the disposal the company did not hold the currency in exempt circumstances (within the meaning given by paragraph 3 below),

for the purposes of that Act no chargeable gain or allowable loss shall accrue on the disposal.

(2) This paragraph applies to disposals on or after the company’s commencement day.

3 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 2 above a company holds currency in exempt circumstances at a given time if—

(a) the purposes for which it then holds the currency are or include any of the purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below,

(b) it is a housing association approved at that time for the purposes of section 488 of the Taxes Act 1988, or

(c) it is a self-build society approved at that time for the purposes of section 489 of that Act.

(2) The purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above are—

(a) the purposes of [F1 long-term] insurance business;

(b) the purposes of mutual insurance business;

(c) the purposes of the occupation of commercial woodlands.

(3) In this paragraph—

• [F2 “long-term insurance business” means business which consists of the effecting or carrying out of contracts which fall within Part II of Schedule 1 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001;]

• “commercial woodlands” means woodlands in the United Kingdom which are managed on a commercial basis and with a view to the realisation of profits.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 17 para. 3(2)(a) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, arts. 1(2), 81(2)(a)

F2 Definition in Sch. 17 para. 3(3) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, arts. 1(2), 81(2)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 17 para. 3 applied (with modifications) (29.4.1996) by 1992 c. 12, ss. 117A, 117B (as inserted (29.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 104, Sch. 14 para. 62)