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(1)This section applies where—
(a)at or about the time when a higher rate contract is effected, and
(b)in connection with that contract,
a fee in respect of an insurance-related service is charged by a taxable intermediary to a person who is or becomes the insured (or one of the insured) under the contract or to a person who acts for or on behalf of such a person.
(2)Where this section applies—
(a)a payment in respect of the fee shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as a premium received under a taxable insurance contract by an insurer, and
(b)that premium—
(i)shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as so received at the time when the payment is made, and
(ii)shall be chargeable to tax at the higher rate.
(3)Tax charged by virtue of subsection (2) above shall be payable by the taxable intermediary as if he were the insurer under the contract mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection.
(4)For the purposes of this section, a contract of insurance is a “higher rate contract” if—
(a)it is a taxable insurance contract; and
(b)the whole or any part of a premium received under the contract by the insurer is (apart from this section) liable to tax at the higher rate.
(5)For the purposes of this Part a “taxable intermediary” is a person falling within subsection (6) [F2or (6A)] below who—
(a)at or about the time when a higher rate contract is effected, and
(b)in connection with that contract,
charges a fee in respect of an insurance-related service to a person who is or becomes the insured (or one of the insured) under the contract or to a person who acts for or on behalf of such a person.
[F3(6)A person falls within this subsection if the higher rate contract mentioned in subsection (1) above falls within paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 6A to this Act (motor cars or motor cycles, or relevant goods) and the person is—
(a)within the meaning of the paragraph in question, a supplier of motor cars or motor cycles or, as the case may be, of relevant goods; or
(b)a person connected with a person falling within paragraph (a) above; or
(c)a person who in the course of his business pays—
(i)the whole or any part of the premium received under that contract, or
(ii)a fee connected with the arranging of that contract,
to a person falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above.
(6A)A person falls within this subsection if the higher rate contract mentioned in subsection (1) above falls within paragraph 4 of Schedule 6A to this Act (travel insurance) and the person is—
(a)the insurer under that contract; or
(b)a person through whom that contract is arranged in the course of his business; or
(c)a person connected with the insurer under that contract; or
(d)a person connected with a person falling within paragraph (b) above; or
(e)a person who in the course of his business pays—
(i)the whole or any part of the premium received under that contract, or
(ii)a fee connected with the arranging of that contract,
to a person falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (d) above.]
(8)For the purposes of this section, any question whether a person is connected with another shall be determined in accordance with section 839 of the Taxes Act 1988.
(9)In this section—
“” means any service which is related to, or connected with, insurance;
F4. . .]
Textual Amendments
F1s. 52A inserted (19.3.1997 with effect as mentioned in s. 25(2) of the amending Act) by 1997 c. 16, s. 25(1)(2)
F2Words in s. 52A(5) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 147(5) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 147(2) (with Sch. 18 para. 6(3))
F3S. 52A(6)(6A) substituted for s. 52A(6)(7) (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 147(5) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 147(3) (with Sch. 18 para. 6(3))
F4Definition in s. 52A(9) repealed (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 147(5) of the repealing Act) by 1998 c. 36, ss. 147(4), 165, Sch. 27 Pt. V(1), Note (with Sch. 18 para. 6(3))
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