Part II Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Chapter I General

Miscellaneous

118 Scottish trusts.

1

Where—

a

any of the income of a trust having effect under the law of Scotland is income to which a beneficiary of the trust would have an equitable right in possession if that trust had effect under the law of England and Wales, and

b

the trustees of that trust are resident in the United Kingdom,

the rights of that beneficiary shall be deemed for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts to include such a right to that income notwithstanding that no such right is conferred according to the law of Scotland.

2

This section shall have effect in relation to the income of any trust for the year 1993–94 or any subsequent year of assessment.