Finance Act 1993

[F1 1 (1) This Part of this Schedule applies if the following conditions are satisfied. U.K.

(2) Condition 1 is that—

(a) a member gives notice of his resignation from membership of Lloyd’s in accordance with the rules or practice of Lloyd's,

(b) in accordance with such rules or practice, the member does not undertake any new insurance business at Lloyd’s after the end of the member’s last underwriting year, and

(c) the member does not withdraw that notice.

(3) Condition 2 is that all of the member’s outstanding syndicate capacity is disposed of by the member under a conversion arrangement to a successor company (“the syndicate capacity disposal”) with effect from the beginning of the underwriting year next following the member’s last underwriting year.

(4) Condition 3 is that, immediately before the syndicate capacity disposal,—

(a) the member controls the successor company, and

(b) more than 50% of the ordinary share capital of the successor company is beneficially owned by the member.

(5) Condition 4 is that the syndicate capacity disposal is made in consideration solely of the issue to the member of shares in the successor company.

(6) Condition 5 is that the successor company starts to carry on its underwriting business in the underwriting year F2 ... next following the member’s last underwriting year.

(7) In this paragraph “the member’s last underwriting year”, in relation to a member who gives notice of his resignation from membership of Lloyd's, means the underwriting year during which, or at the end of which, he ceases to be an underwriting member and becomes a non-underwriting member in accordance with the rules or practice of Lloyd's.

(8) In this paragraph “outstanding syndicate capacity”, in relation to a member, means the syndicate capacity of the member other than any which—

(a) the member disposes of to a person other than a successor member at or before the end of the member’s last underwriting year, or

(b) ceases to exist with effect from the end of that year.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 20A inserted (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 25 para. 3

F2 Words in Sch. 20A para. 1(6) omitted (16.6.2016) by virtue of The Lloyds Underwriters (Roll-over Relief on Disposal of Assets of Ancillary Trust Fund) (Tax) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/597), regs. 1(1), 3