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61 Cessation of approval of certain retirement benefits schemes.U.K.

(1)After section 591B of the Taxes Act 1988 there shall be inserted—

591C Cessation of approval: tax on certain schemes.

(1)Where an approval of a scheme to which this section applies ceases to have effect, tax shall be charged in accordance with this section.

(2)The tax shall be charged under Case VI of Schedule D at the rate of 40 per cent. on an amount equal to the value of the assets which immediately before the date of the cessation of the approval of the scheme are held for the purposes of the scheme (taking that value as it stands immediately before that date).

(3)Subject to section 591D(4), the person liable for the tax shall be the administrator of the scheme in his capacity as such.

(4)This section applies to a retirement benefits scheme in respect of which either of the conditions set out below is satisfied.

(5)The first condition is satisfied in respect of a scheme if, immediately before the date of the cessation of the approval of the scheme, the number of individuals who are members of the scheme is less than twelve.

(6)The second condition is satisfied in respect of a scheme if at any time within the period of one year ending with the date of the cessation of the approval of the scheme, a person who is or has been a controlling director of a company which has contributed to the scheme is a member of the scheme.

(7)For the purposes of subsection (6) above a person is a controlling director of a company if he is a director of it and within section 417(5)(b) in relation to it.

591D Section 591C: supplementary.

(1)For the purposes of section 591C(2) the value of an asset is, subject to subsection (2) below, its market value, construing “market value” in accordance with section 272 of the 1992 Act.

(2)Where an asset held for the purposes of a scheme is a right or interest in respect of any money lent (directly or indirectly) to any person mentioned in subsection (3) below, the value of the asset shall be treated as being the amount owing (including any unpaid interest) on the money lent.

(3)The persons are—

(a)any employer who has at any time contributed to the scheme;

(b)any company connected with such an employer;

(c)any member of the scheme;

(d)any person connected with any member of the scheme.

(4)Where the administrator of the scheme is constituted by persons who include a person who is an approved independent trustee in relation to a scheme, that person shall not be liable for tax chargeable by virtue of section 591C.

(5)A person is an approved independent trustee in relation to a scheme only if he is—

(a)approved by the Board to act as a trustee of the scheme; and

(b)not connected with—

(i)a member of the scheme;

(ii)any other trustee of the scheme; or

(iii)an employer who has contributed to the scheme.

(6)For the purposes of section 596A(9) income and gains accruing to a scheme shall not be regarded as brought into charge to tax merely because tax is charged in relation to the scheme in accordance with section 591C.

(7)The reference in section 591C(1) to an approval of a scheme ceasing to have effect is a reference to—

(a)the scheme ceasing to be an approved scheme by virtue of section 591A(2);

(b)the approval of the scheme being withdrawn under section 591B(1); or

(c)the approval of the scheme no longer applying by virtue of section 591B(2);

and any reference in section 591C to the date of the cessation of the approval of the scheme shall be construed accordingly.

(8)For the purposes of section 591C and this section a person is a member of a scheme at a particular time if at that time a benefit—

(a)is being provided under the scheme, or

(b)may be so provided,

in respect of any past or present employment of his.

(9)Section 839 shall apply for the purposes of this section.

(2)After section 239 of the M1Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 there shall be inserted—

Retirement benefits schemesU.K.
239A Cessation of approval of certain schemes.

(1)This section applies where tax is charged in accordance with section 591C of the Taxes Act (tax on certain retirement benefits schemes whose approval ceases to have effect).

(2)For the purposes of this Act the assets which at the relevant time are held for the purposes of the scheme—

(a)shall be deemed to be acquired at that time for a consideration equal to the amount on which tax is charged by virtue of section 591C(2) of the Taxes Act by the person who would be chargeable in respect of a chargeable gain accruing on a disposal of the assets at that time; but

(b)shall not be deemed to be disposed of by any person at that time;

and in this subsection “the relevant time” means the time immediately before the date of the cessation of the approval of the scheme.

(3)Expressions used in subsection (2) above and in section 591C of the Taxes Act have the same meanings in that subsection as in that section.

(3)This section shall apply in relation to any approval of a retirement benefits scheme which ceases to have effect on or after 2nd November 1994 other than an approval ceasing to have effect by virtue of a notice given before that day under section 591B(1) of the Taxes Act 1988.

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