Part IV Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

C2C3Chapter V Lloyd’s Underwriters: Corporations etc.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. IV Chapter V (ss. 219-230) modified (1.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2681, reg. 3(2)(a)

C3

Pt. IV Chapter V (ss. 219-230) applied (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 129(4)(6)

Pt. IV Chapter V (ss. 219-230) applied (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 127(16)(a)(19)

Miscellaneous

226 Provisions which are not to apply.

1

Sections 92 to 95 of the 1993 Act (corporation tax: currency to be used) shall not apply for the purposes of computing for the purposes of corporation tax the profits or losses of a corporate member’s underwriting business.

2

No asset forming part of or liability attaching to a premiums trust fund of a corporate member shall be a qualifying asset or liability for the purposes of Chapter II of Part II of the 1993 Act (exchange gains and losses); and no contract forming part of such a fund shall be a currency contract for those purposes.

3

No contract or option forming part of a premiums trust fund of a corporate member shall be a qualifying contract for the purposes of Chapter II of this Part of this Act (interest rate and currency contracts and options).

C1227 Cessation: final underwriting year.

1

This section applies where a corporate member ceases to carry on its underwriting business, whether by reason of being wound up or otherwise.

2

Subject to the provisions of any regulations made by the Board—

a

the member’s final underwriting year shall be that in which its deposit at Lloyd’s is paid over to it or its liquidator, and

b

the member’s underwriting business shall be treated as continuing until the end of that year.

228 Lloyd’s underwriters: individuals.

1

Chapter III of Part II of the 1993 Act (Lloyd’s underwriters: individuals) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 21 to this Act.

2

The following provisions shall cease to have effect, namely—

a

section 627 of the Taxes Act 1988 (elections by Lloyd’s underwriters with respect to retirement annuities);

b

in section 641 of that Act, subsection (2) (elections by Lloyd’s underwriters with respect to carry-back of contributions); and

c

in section 183 of the 1993 Act, subsection (3) (amendments of sections 627(5) and 641(2) of the Taxes Act 1988).

3

Subject to any provision to the contrary, the provisions of Schedule 21 to this Act have effect for the year 1994-95 and subsequent years of assessment.

4

Subsection (2) above has effect for the year 1997-98 and subsequent years of assessment.